The CIC Factor

One thing I have heard mentioned in the past is that the Big Ten places great value on the CIC to cooperate on research and education.  That got me to thinking.  How much is spent on research and what is the rank for Universities?  This is the annual average spending for research reported to govenment by university from 2001-2006:

1,284	Johns Hopkins University
783	University of California - Los Angeles	Pac 10
739	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	Big Ten
730	University of Wisconsin - Madison	Big Ten
684	University of Washington - Seattle	Pac 10
679	University of California - San Francisco
662	University of California - San Diego
615	Stanford University	Pac 10
581	University of Pennsylvania	Ivy
524	Duke University	ACC
521	University of Minnesota - Twin Cities	Big Ten
516	Ohio State University - Columbus	Big Ten
515	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
509	University of California - Berkeley
501	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	Big Ten
500	University of California - Davis
478	Washington University in St. Louis
466	University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign	Big Ten
460	University of Arizona	Pac 10
455	Columbia University
455	Texas A&M University	Big 12
451	University of Florida	SEC
444	University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh	Big East
442	Baylor College of Medicine	Big 12
423	Harvard University	Ivy
408	University of Southern California	Pac 10
396	Yale University	Ivy
394	University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill	ACC
382	Cornell University	Ivy
381	Georgia Institute of Technology	ACC
358	University of Texas - Austin	Big 12
338	Northwestern University	Big Ten
331	University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	Big 12
326	Purdue University - West Lafayette	Big Ten
322	University of Maryland - College Park	ACC
316	Michigan State University	Big Ten
305	University of Maryland - Baltimore
305	University of Iowa	Big Ten
304	Emory University
302	University of Georgia	SEC
301	University of Rochester
300	North Carolina State University	ACC
290	University of Illinois - Chicago	Big Ten
289	University of Alabama - Birmingham	SEC
289	University of Texas SW Medical Center - Dallas
286	Vanderbilt University	SEC
275	University of Kentucky	SEC
265	Case Western Reserve University
263	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
256	University of Chicago	Big Ten
254	University of Cincinnati - Cincinnati	Big East
251	Rutgers the State University of NJ - New Brunswick	Big East
231	University of Colorado - Boulder	Pac 10
218	University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
216	Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge	SEC
207	University of Virginia
205	University of Tennessee - Knoxville
202	University of Missouri - Columbia	Big 12
201	University of Nebraska - Lincoln	Big 12
194	Indiana University-Purdue University - Indianapolis
187	University of Miami
179	Princeton University
130	Indiana University - Bloomington
126	Brown University
64	University of Notre Dame
60	Texas Tech University
49	Syracuse University

The above is the top 50 schools plus a few of interest after that point.  The Big Ten is well represented with 6 of the top 18 and 10 of the top 38 schools.  That equates to over $5.1 billion spent on research every year.  Not even the Ivy league is close to that amount of research spending. ((info from the Center for Measuring University Performance - http://mup.asu.edu)

We keep talking about the millions of television dollars expansion could generate but we are ignoring the billions each of these schools gets for research?  One of the reasons the Big Ten/CIC is so strong in this area is their cooperation which allows them to pool resources and be a much more attractive option than they would be alone.  Below is a list of schools that are rumored (however outlandish) to be a potential Big Ten target:

455	Texas A&M University
444	University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh
381	Georgia Institute of Technology
358	University of Texas - Austin
322	University of Maryland - College Park
251	Rutgers the State University of NJ - New Brunswick
207	University of Virginia
202	University of Missouri - Columbia
201	University of Nebraska - Lincoln
64	University of Notre Dame
60	Texas Tech University
49	Syracuse University

This was a bit of a surprise to me.  It makes me wonder if Pitt is more in play than I've previously thought.  My thought was if Texas/A&M says no our picks would be - Nebraska,Missouri, Rutgers, Notre Dame, and Syracuse.  Looking over that list you can't imagine the CIC trustees are thrilled with this group as they all do less research than any of the current members but Indiana ($130mm annually).  Assuming rumors are true Nebraska is in.  Notre Dame is also in if they want it because of their undergraduate programs and national marketing pull.  That leaves 3 spots.  There have been reports that the academic folks are pushing back but there haven't been many specifics.  Looking at this list it wouldn't surprise me if they are talking about Syracuse and I'm revising my list so these 3 spots are going to Pitt, Rutgers, and Missouri as a result.  ((Maryland /Georgia Tech would be a great additions but I just don't see it happening)).


One thing I want to add is "WTF Indiana!"  You don't do research and you can't play football.  We kept you around for your ability to play basketball but you can't even do that now.  Shape up or we send you packing to wherever Louisville ends up.  (j/k Hoosiers)