I suppose at the end of the day survival of the Pac-12 is what it's all about. Certainly there are some tradeoffs, among them is looking away from perceived academic disparity between the candidates and the R1 research schools. But even in the Pac-12 as it exists now there is disparity between universities, e.g., is OSU on the same level…
I suppose at the end of the day survival of the Pac-12 is what it's all about. Certainly there are some tradeoffs, among them is looking away from perceived academic disparity between the candidates and the R1 research schools. But even in the Pac-12 as it exists now there is disparity between universities, e.g., is OSU on the same level as Cal and Stanford? No. Given the fact that the Bay Area market (4 million plus sets of eyeballs) is so large, why not consider SJSU? Perhaps the consideration would be dilution, and whether or not there would be any accretive effect in adding that school compared with saving a portion of the lost SoCal market with the addition of 1.1 million eyeballs in San Diego County.
I suppose at the end of the day survival of the Pac-12 is what it's all about. Certainly there are some tradeoffs, among them is looking away from perceived academic disparity between the candidates and the R1 research schools. But even in the Pac-12 as it exists now there is disparity between universities, e.g., is OSU on the same level as Cal and Stanford? No. Given the fact that the Bay Area market (4 million plus sets of eyeballs) is so large, why not consider SJSU? Perhaps the consideration would be dilution, and whether or not there would be any accretive effect in adding that school compared with saving a portion of the lost SoCal market with the addition of 1.1 million eyeballs in San Diego County.