Since value added from obtaining a college education is uncertain, competition between institutions is driven by academic reputation.
For Jack, the all-round university experience is important, and that means not just the academic reputation of the institution.
More than anything, however, it is the academic reputation and social cachet of the older American institutions that inspires copycats.
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In climate science, by contrast, debunkers invite an onslaught by the entire global warming juggernaut that can leave their academic reputation in ruins.
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Its academic reputation will continue to draw the world's best students.
American universities continue to enjoy a world-wide reputation for academic excellence and cutting-edge research, even if there's room for improvement.
There is no question that these are fantastic universities at which to earn a high quality education and carry that brand name and reputation for academic rigor with you into the workplace.
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Along with an entrenched and historic reputation for academic freedom, US universities also continue to be some of the wealthiest in the world, and are able to command high tuition fees and often large donations from wealthy alumni, he says.
And this was coming from the institution somewhat sardonically called, by Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam, The World's Greatest University, a place that for centuries relied on its reputation for academic excellence, not its life-comforts and other amenities, to attract the best and the brightest.
Some of the benefits of carbon reduction measures, according to the report, would be the creation of jobs in the 'green economy', increased reputation of Wales's academic and technology capacity in this field and increased revenue expenditure for public bodies to deliver front line services as their income from renewable energy sources increases.
Also, I had my eye on some academic awards and figured this cause would burnish my (suspect) reputation as a serious thinker.
He had built a reputation as a patron (by underwriting, for example, the influential academic journal Physical Review).
"Recruiting students without the academic ability to complete the course is not in universities' interests as it risks compromising their reputation, causes significant additional work in terms of supporting potentially poorly performing students, " Ms Dandridge added.
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