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The group also looked for land
grant or state institutions, especially
those that were both the leading pub
lic research university and/or land
grant institution in the respective states.
In its report, the advisory group
compared die proposed schools to
UNL according to a number of fac
tors, including UNL’s:
• status as a land-grant and state
university.
• 18 accredited fields.
• strong continuing education
program.
• four faculty members in national
academies.
• $77,598,000 worth of research
funding per year, as of 1990.
• 24,620 students enrolled.
• large public service role.
• total endowments, or gifts to the
school, of $201,153,000 per year,
according to Randal Haack director
of budgets and analysis.
All 10 proposed schools, as well as
UNL, are accredited by the North
Central Association of Colleges and
Schools.
Four of the proposed schools —
Colorado State, Colorado, Iowa and
Kansas — arc not included in UNL’s
has a lower level of state support, and
its continuing education program is
not as notable.
According to the report, the Uni
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versity of Iowa is included because jt
is a state university and in an adjoin
ing state.
Iowa is similar to UNL in that it
shares 11 of the same fields of ac
creditation with UNL. It has six fac
ulty members in national academies
and has a strong continuing education
program.
Iowa differs from UNL in that it
has a school of pharmacy; it is not a
land-grant institution; it receives more
research funding than UNL; and its
endowments are lower than UNL’s.
The University of Kansas was
included because it is a state univer
sity and is in an adjoining state, ac
cording to the report.
The report stated Kansas was simi
lar to UNL in that it shared 13 accred
ited fields with UNL; it was one of
three proposed schools with a psy
chology department; it had seven
faculty members in national acade
mies; its research funding and en
dowments were similar to UNL’s;
and it had a strong reputation in con
tinuing education.
The only difference between the
two schools indicated in the report
was that Kansas was not a land-grant
institution.
Six of the remaining schools in the
proposed peer group arc listed in the
current peer group. TTiey include: Ohio
State, Purdue, Iowa Stale, Illinois,
Minnesota and Missouri.
Ohio State University was included
because it was both a land-grant and
state university.
The school shares 14 fields of
accreditation with UNL, and has seven
faculty members in national acade
mies.
But Ohio State has schools of social
work and nursing, dentistry and phar
macy, biological sciences and op
tometry, a school of social and behav
ioral sciences and a school of math
and physical sciences. Its research
funding more than doubles that of
UNL and its endowments arc much
higher.
Purdue University was included1
because it was a land-grant institu
tion, had strong agricultural and agri
business programs and research and
was the only school on the list with an
animal-technology department.
Purdue shares nine accredited Helds
with UNL, has a construction-educa
tion program and has similar endow
ments.
The report stated that Colorado
State University is included because
it is a land grant institution and is in
an adjoining slate.
Colorado State is accredited in 10
fields that UNL is; it is one of three
schools with a construction education
program; it has five faculty members
in national academics; and it has a
similar amount in research funding
and enrollment numbers.
According to the report, Colorado
State is different fromUNL because it—
is only a land-grant university and not
a state university, has much lower
endowments than UNL and has a
smaller public service role.
The University of Colorado was
included because it is a state univer
sity and is in an adjoining state.
The report staled that Colorado
shared two similarities with UNL: it
shared nine of its 10 accredited fields
with UNL, and its enrollment num
bers were similar to UNL’s.
But Colorado is different in that it
is only a slate university and not a
land-grant institution. It has much
lower endowments; it has 24 faculty
members in national academies; it
But Purdue has schools of phar
macy, nursing, health, science and
technology and has more faculty
members in national academies. Its
research funding nearly doubles
UNL’s, and it is not a state university.
Iowa Slate University was included
because it was a land-grant institution
and was in an adjoining state.
Iowa State’s similarities include:
It shares eight of its 16 fields of ac
creditation with UNL; it has four faculty
members on national academies; it
has a strong continuing education
program; and its enrollment numbers
are similar.
Iowa State differs in that it has
more research funding than UNL, is
not a state university and has endow
ments much lower than UNL’s.
The University of Illinois was
included, the report stated, because it
was both a land-grant and state uni
versity and was one suite removed
from Nebraska.
Illinois is similar to USlL in that it
shares 13 of its 21 accredited fields
with UNL and its endowments arc
close 10 tnatoi uinl.
The report stated Illinois’ differ
ences from UNL included its 75 fac
ulty members in national academics
and its high level of research funding.
, According to the report, the Uni
versity of Minnesota was included
because it was both a land-grant and
slate university and was one slate
removed from Nebraska.
It is similar to UNL because it
shares 14 fields of accreditation with
UNL and has a psychology depart
ment.
The University of Minnesota dif
fers from UNL in that it has46 faculty
members in national academics, and
its research funding more than triples
and its endowments more than double
those of UNL.
The University of Missouri was
included because it was geographi
cally proximate to UNL, the report
staled.
It is similar to UNL in that it shares
11 accredited fields with UNL and its
research funding and endowments arc
within UNL’s range.
The report staled that Missouri
differed from UNL in that it had schools
of social work and nursing, had a
school of library and information
science and had only one faculty
member in a national academy.
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