What would be required for U of SC to be invited to join the AAU?***
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I'm no expert on this, but I think it would involve a large endowment, lots of research going on, and relatively high entrance requirements. Otherwise:
I read that, but still what improvements would U of SC have to make to get there? That is a goal the school should strive to obtain. AAU membership opens up a lot of doors for any university.
Palms was trying his hardest to get us an invite. This is a while back but IIRC two issues we had was our library wasn't up to the standards of the AAU qualifications (which Palms was trying to address) and another issue was lack of state funding.....over which we have absolutely no control.
Funny - since we were a university before California was a state and we are Gamecock fans, why do we see U of SC on this forum? Just saying.
Not being sarcastic, but are brick and mortar libraries that hold paper still a big deal? It seems in the digital age they should be rapidly moving toward obsolescence.
Honestly don't know or don't remember. I would guess it may have to do with the number of volumes and/or the amount of historical and research archives,
Also remember reading something about the lack of endowed chairs, I believe all this was behind Dr. Palms big endowment raising campaign "2001."
Our admission into the AAU is the reason the USC Council for Research Excellence was set up.
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at colleges, yes they are. Even the local public library the last time I was there (a couple years ago probably), it was just as busy as it was back in the 80s-90s.
