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Message: [QUOTE="tipphill, post: 1411575, member: 4809"] excellence in law, medicine, engineering, biomedical research are all prestigious areas nationally---excellence in hard sciences are highly valued nationally by academia, and scientific research excellence generates public and private sector investments, and grants on a high scale, one the soft sciences do not generate. soft sciences have their value, but usually does not generate the mega bucks and prestige as the harder sciences do, as well as excellence in law and medicine. we do have the law school and should make every effort to get that into the top 20. this would compliment the outstanding soft sciences that we have. however without a emphasis on a hard science research base , which is generally the cornerstone of prestigious national universities, we remain a good university with 3-4 flagship schools---maxwell leading the pack---- [/QUOTE]