| this was an outstanding post, 28, one that clearly shows how engineering is keeping the rest of the university propped up. a decade ago we were ranked in a half dozen disciplines outside of engineering, notably majors in science, architecture, hospitality management, agriculture and business. now we're down to one college holding the fort while the others seem to tread water or even worse as seems to be the case of the freefall in business.
the 2003 carnegie data is most illuminating, for back then we were a "best in the west" pick and this piece of data illustrates the slide of the university in the ensuing years best.
i am trying to piece together a year by year picture of how and when we fell from the top ten regionally to now 31st. although the university may say we are fourth overall when the caveats of "public," "masters" and "west only" are added, as i recall we had fallen behind chico state while sonoma pulled even. that would place us in a tie for fifth with these three qualifiers tacked on and not a stand alone fourth. |