I agree with you there - as much I love SMU, it is not a Research I uni.
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Originally Posted by breathesgelatin
I also tend to think that what they really meant by "top tier" in that article is "Research I University" and I don't think SMU would qualify in that regard as it is more of a liberal arts college - a prestigious one to be sure, but not a place where professors are primarily focused on research.
UNT would loooooooooooove to be the next Texas flagship. My entire time there that is all the administration would talk about. When I was a student though I just didn't "see" it. UNT is a really big commuter campus. They do offer a lot of great programs, I think I just always "saw" a "flagship" school as a place students want to live on and be around all the time with tons of school spirit (a'la A&M or Texas). When I was there the school spirit was pretty small, but it's been a few years since I graduated so maybe things have changed. Their greek system has expanded a lot (a few IFCs and 2 NPCs added in the last 3 yrs) and I think the sorority row that the school put there a few years ago was partly because the other big Texas schools have greek homes for all the GLOs. I know the school has several research facilities but I don't know anything else about them. They've also improved their UNT-Dallas campus in the last couple of years.
Frankly, if the Leg is thinking in terms of practicality, Texas Tech is probably already really really really close to being "Tier 1" so it would make sense to work on them first. Also in a less-served area.
I have a question... which is "better" (academically, eg, which is harder to get into) - UT-Dallas or UT-Arlington?
I've always heard UT-Dallas, but that's just hearsay.
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