Harvard of the Midwest

[forgetful]

Quick comment.  The shanghai rankings have nothing at all do do with research spending.  It is based on:

Alumni of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals   Alumni   10%
Staff of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals   Award           20%
Highly cited researchers in 21 broad subject categories   HiCi                           20%
Papers published in Nature and Science*   N&S                                           20%
Science Citation Index-expanded and Social Science Citation Index   PUB   20%
Per capita academic performance of an institution   PCP                                   10%
Total                                                                                               100%

Nowhere is research spending included.

[Tugg Speedman]

Quick comment.  The shanghai rankings have nothing at all do do with research spending.  It is based on:

Alumni of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals   Alumni   10%
Staff of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals   Award           20%
Highly cited researchers in 21 broad subject categories   HiCi                           20%
Papers published in Nature and Science*   N&S                                           20%
Science Citation Index-expanded and Social Science Citation Index   PUB   20%
Per capita academic performance of an institution   PCP                                   10%
Total                                                                                               100%

Nowhere is research spending included.

Doesn't research spending cause all of the above?

Otherwise if you want a pure list of research spending, just copy a list of endowment size.

[forgetful]

Doesn't research spending cause all of the above?

Otherwise if you want a pure list of research spending, just copy a list of endowment size.

Research spending can cause all of the above.  But it is not related to endowment size and it is not guaranteed to cause any of the above.

http://www.bestcolleges.com/features/colleges-with-highest-research-and-development-expenditures/

If you want a University that MU should aspire to, look at number 34 on the list.

[GooooMarquette]

If you want a University that MU should aspire to, look at number 34 on the list.

Not even remotely plausible, especially without the medical school.