BU brand poll

[SFP]

All that is good, but this is a basketball board, and that is why the discussions are mostly about, guess what, basketball.

I have no idea what I would do without your insight.

I guess BU basketball is nothing but a franchise of the University. How naive am I to think that they were inclusive of each other.

 

[Beninator]

WOW! Why is it so hard to phantom that BU is a brand and each and every graduate will have to use their diploma as part of their own brand to sell themselves in the labor market, like it or not? The closer BU is associated with outstanding education the easier it will be for graduates to get a high paying job or excepted to a high ranking graduate school or recruit the best educators in their field or imagine a vast network of very influential people to help each other in the business world.

No disrespect to Florida but the value put on an Ivy school diploma is much greater over a lifetime then any SEC school save Vanderbilt. There are reason we are closer to winning an NCAA basketball championship then a Nobel prize winner. I still believe BU would be best served by being the best academic institution it can be with the basketball team as a tool to create a diverse and fun collegiate atmosphere. I'm not saying we can't have both but if I had my choice I'd rather have a Harvard diploma over a Florida any day of the week.

+1 -- very much agree and this is also a Bradley board so I think this is an interesting thread. I think that we can strike a balance between academics and sports. First and foremost on the athletic front, I think that we need to look inward as to how to improve and become a consistent mid-major power. I am very confident that the academic part of BU is in good hands.

 

[Chico]

I have no idea what I would do without your insight.

I guess BU basketball is nothing but a franchise of the University. How naive am I to think that they were inclusive of each other.

Always glad to help.

 

[Braves4Life]

All that is good, but this is a basketball board, and that is why the discussions are mostly about, guess what, basketball.

And all threads are OPTIONAL to read. If you don't like the thread then skip it and, by all means, don't poison it with negativity.

 

[godukegobradley]

Hate to self promote too much but...

Hate to self promote too much but...

I feel as though we have missed a pretty huge elephant in the 'nerd/jock hybrid' room:

2011 U.S. News Rankings
Duke - #9
Kind of a down year though 20 year average ('87 to '07) - 6.3 (behind only Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, and MIT)

Not a bad basketball team either.

 

[Chico]

And all threads are OPTIONAL to read. If you don't like the thread then skip it and, by all means, don't poison it with negativity.

I read all the threads and don't respond to all of them, but I still think this a basketboard board, not a how high does Bradley rank against Harvard, etc. board. Thats not being negative, just telling it like it is IMO.

 

[Dallas Brave]

The thread was in response to the direction I believe the school should lean towards

If the lean is toward Harvard, would that be a lean to the left? ;-)

 

[Dallas Brave]

I think our academic reputation is plenty good for the type of D1 school we are. We have military leaders, political leaders, business leaders and top engineers.

What Bradley needs to graduate is a multi-billionaire ... or two. That would speed things up. I volunteered but it hasn't worked out yet ... maybe the next technology bubble, which is probably only 3-5 years away, will ring the cash register.