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Calamitous

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I know this is somewhat in jest, but conference affiliation


most likely does little to improve or hinder a university's academic standing/profile (barring the Ivy League). Conference affiliation simply defines a neighborhood for the university (which includes sports, academic relations, resource sharing, etc).

I'm sure Navy and UConn haven't been affected by being members of the AAC. That said, some ACC schools have dropped in the "unbiased" USNWR, like Pitt, Louisville and I think even Tech a little bit, since joining the ACC.

But as we all know, university presidents do make the call on who joins a conference, which many times includes the inquiring university's academic standing and reputation.


[Post edited by Calamitous at 10/06/2016 7:29PM]

(In response to this post by Stech)

Posted: 10/06/2016 at 7:29PM



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