There was a push in the Big Ten not to accept members
by tdiddy07 (2022-08-02 11:18:47)
Edited on 2022-08-02 11:19:33

In reply to: ND and the Big Ten - Academic issues  posted by JackMack

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outside the Association of American Universities, for which membership requires some standards for research volume, quality, influence, etc. But membership ultimately is by vote of members. ND is not a member. I believe there is probably a push among certain faculty to become a member. Until Nebraska joined the Big Ten, all conference members were part of the AAU. Nebraska was a member until 2011, the same year they joined the Big Ten. Not sure which came first. So the Big Ten talks about how that's important. But it's not like that would've prevented ND from joining at any point.

There's a separate Big Ten Academic Alliance that also may provide resources, networking, collaboration opportunities to increase a school's research profile if it wants admission to the AAU. So ND faculty may value that for its own ends and for AAU consideration.

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