Post by Bornthrilla on Aug 13, 2009 7:54:58 GMT -5
A&T chancellor says school must compete with peers
Thursday, August 13, 2009
By Joe Killian
Staff Writer
GREENSBORO — Chancellor Harold Martin gathered N.C. A&T staff and faculty together Wednesday for the beginning of what he called “a very frank discussion.”
After the crowd gave the traditional call of “Aggie Pride,” Martin asked them to take a hard look at the school of which they are so proud — and how it stacks up against its peers.
“You should always know against whom we’re competing,” Martin told the capacity crowd at Harrison Auditorium. “That’s what peers should be used for: to determine how well or how poorly we’re doing.”
Martin then presented a slide show comparing A&T to 14 peer schools approved by the UNC Board of Governors in 2006.
The schools included UNC system cohorts like ECU, UNC-Charlotte and UNCG, but also schools like the University of Massachusetts and Florida A&M University. In many ways, the comparison was not flattering.
Martin pointed out that to be considered a doctoral, research intensive university an institution should be granting a minimum of 20 doctorates each year.
In 2006-2007, the last school year for which the school had compiled complete information, A&T gave just six. That’s far fewer than the 74 granted at UNCG in the same period and well below the peer group average of 39.
Read more:
www.news-record.com/content/2009/08/12/article/at_chancellor_says_school_must_compete_with_peers
Thursday, August 13, 2009
By Joe Killian
Staff Writer
GREENSBORO — Chancellor Harold Martin gathered N.C. A&T staff and faculty together Wednesday for the beginning of what he called “a very frank discussion.”
After the crowd gave the traditional call of “Aggie Pride,” Martin asked them to take a hard look at the school of which they are so proud — and how it stacks up against its peers.
“You should always know against whom we’re competing,” Martin told the capacity crowd at Harrison Auditorium. “That’s what peers should be used for: to determine how well or how poorly we’re doing.”
Martin then presented a slide show comparing A&T to 14 peer schools approved by the UNC Board of Governors in 2006.
The schools included UNC system cohorts like ECU, UNC-Charlotte and UNCG, but also schools like the University of Massachusetts and Florida A&M University. In many ways, the comparison was not flattering.
Martin pointed out that to be considered a doctoral, research intensive university an institution should be granting a minimum of 20 doctorates each year.
In 2006-2007, the last school year for which the school had compiled complete information, A&T gave just six. That’s far fewer than the 74 granted at UNCG in the same period and well below the peer group average of 39.
Read more:
www.news-record.com/content/2009/08/12/article/at_chancellor_says_school_must_compete_with_peers
