Tell me how a Top 10 University Ranking has anything to do with graduation rates.
If you're talking about the student body, undergraduate 4-year graduation rates are a component of the US News university rankings. As a rule, upper echelon schools do a much better job of getting kids out in 4 years.
Focus: tough question and great points all around. I love our basketball program and think it gets Marquette national attention that we would otherwise not have, even if we were a top ten academic institution. For example, WashU in St. Louis is pretty close to a top ten school, but I'd bet 80%+ of America doesn't know it exists.
Like GIMP said, a top ten hoops program allows us to raise our profile, tell our story, let the rest of the country know we're not in Michigan, and draw in more applicants. So maybe we can have both. Why not shoot to be a top 50 school? I think that's the goal of the current administration.
I'm happy to do my part, helping out students applying at my company, wearing my alumni T just about everywhere and rocking the new logo MU luggage tag on my laptop bag. Anything to get the word out and expand our profile.
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