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As an institute of higher learning and advancing knowledge the scope and size of LSU research and graduate and undergraduate programs blows away Tulane.

I'd love watching the fans of every other school tell you how wrong you are. I'm the delusional one, yet you are the one trying to argue an opinion that would be contrary to what probably around 95-99% of people unaffiliated with either university would believe. I love the rant

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If you're so concerned about numbers and rankings look at who gets more federal research dollars. It's not even close

So if we can find one single hard stat that LSU exceeds Tulane in, and I'm not even sure if this is true, that means LSU is better? Even if Tulane is bringing in significantly stronger students, has nearly twice the endowment money, probably 4-5 times the spending per student, their grads earn significantly higher salaries at beginning and midpoint of their careers, and Tulane is ranked way better in every single ranking system, LSU is better based solely on research dollars? I love it

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But in the end LSU as a place of learning and knowledge and education is better than Tulane if you look at the numbers that really matter (graduate programs and federal research dollars).

Yes, those are the only numbers that matter. No one goes to college to earn money and the quality of the students should just be thrown out of the window

I would like you to answer this question that you ignored if we are going to continue this ridiculous argument: Do you believe that LSU is a superior academic institution than Rice, Emory, or Wake Forest? Your logic would suggest that you actually believe this...

ETA: I'm not trying to bash LSU by any means. I posted earlier that I believe you guys are underrated by US News and definitely on par with schools ranked much higher like Alabama. But I do think that this is a ridiculous argument.

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Posted by Ralph_Wiggum

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Posted on 9/13/09 at 3:13 pm to Night Man

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I would like you to answer this question that you ignored if we are going to continue this ridiculous argument: Do you believe that LSU is a superior academic institution than Rice, Emory, or Wake Forest? Your logic would suggest that you actually believe this...

LSU is better than wake. Rice and Emery are great universities and LSU in many ways is on par with them. You greenies are the ones who are delusional. Walk around LSU's campus. There buildings and research centers on campus at LSU that don't even exist at Tulane. LSU with it's scope and depth of graduate programs and research produces more knowledge than Tulane. Look at National Science Foundation Grants. LSU is a land grant instituion. It's research on agriculture alone surpasses the entire college of liberal arts at Tulane. LSU produces more graduate students, more ph.d's, more masters, more publications, more books, and more knowledge than Tulane. Compare research productivity of faculty at LSU versus Tulane.

LSU offers more high-quality progams than Tulane. Also LSU is dedicated to advancing knowledge and educating a much wider range of students than Tulane. LSU unlike Tulane has a mission to improve the lives of people around the world and Louisiana. More students come from all over the world to study at LSU than Tulane.

LSU also has the higher moral purpose than Tulane. Tulane wants to be selective, snobby, and elitist which limits the impact Tulane has on the world. Tulane has chosen to be small and provincial and concentrate on a few programs while LSU truly has ambitions that wish to help the planet in as many places as possible.

But in the end look at the numbers (research dollars, graduate programs, faculty productivity, degrees awarded). Tulane always loses to LSU.

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