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Originally Posted by epchick
Isn't Rice in the Houston area? So the comment they made about Houston needing a "tier-one" university is invalid because they already have one.
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I think they are talking non-private institution--Houston needs a Tier 1 that is public (not that I agree with the statement, given there are other areas of the state that probably need it more).
And yes--the article is referring to research university status and nothing else. I believe this is on the Carnegie rating scale. There are several schools in contention to be the next Tier 1 in Texas... so likely it will not just be one that succeeds but many.