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It is among the top few in any international research ranking of universities.

The unfavourable tenure decision had not been entirely disadvantageous to our friend, who went straight to a tenured post at another very good university.

However, as we were both aware, he had done very little since he left X.

My colleague remarked that our friend would have done a lot more, and made very significant contributions to his field, if he had stayed at X.

This anecdote goes to the heart of issues relating to the quality of research environments. It reflects the challenges many Australian academics face developing their careers on an isolated island much closer to Antarctica than to any of the world's top 10 universities.

A strong research environment doesn't have a lot to do with the physical state of the offices or even the laboratories.

In fact, there is a standing joke in my field that, in research universities abroad, the correlation between the standards of physical and intellectual environments is negative.

The environment that matters at University X has everything to do with the intellectual climate.

Arguments in favour of concentrating research resources in a small number of Australian universities typically neglect the vital intellectual environment, which cannot be assembled nearly as easily as offices and laboratories. Moreover, funding only a small number of research-intensive universities involves substantial changes across the education system, including at the interface between schools and universities.

The challenges of developing an intellectually strong and dynamic research environment, rather than one with good facilities, are partly those of critical mass. And to achieve the necessary scale, it is often argued that research funding should be concentrated relatively narrowly in Australia's top research universities.

Last October the Group of Eight called for "the adoption by the government of a higher education research policy [that] focuses on selectivity and concentration of higher education research", and lauded Excellence in Research for Australia's capacity to "drive selectivity and concentration of Australia's higher education research system".

There are many arguments and cautionary tales relating to the weakness and vulnerability of research enterprises that are concentrated rather than diverse.

Sean Gallagher, from the University of Sydney's US Studies Centre, has argued that: "To achieve the macro outcome of sustaining national research capacity in a value-for-money kind of way, you need healthy research competition among many players and not just concentration on the few.

Morehead State University | Good University Ranking Guide

MSU offers a variety of undergraduate programs through its departments and colleges (Caudill College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, College of Business and Public Affairs, College of Education, and College of Science and Technology). The University also offers an Online MBA program . The flexible nature of online delivery allows students to plan course schedules, and to complete their work from home or anywhere with an internet connection. Notable MSU alumni include: Steve Hamilton (former MLB pitcher and former professional basketball player), Nelson Allen (former Kentucky state Senator), Kristie Hicks (former Miss Kentucky), Denny Doyle (former MLB second baseman), Bob McCann (former professional basketball player), Marsha Griffith (former Miss Kentucky), Walt Terrell (former MLB pitcher), etc. - In recognition of its academic programs, the University is accredited by the: American Bar Association approval of Paralegal Studies; American Veterinary Medical Association; Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs/Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography; Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education; Council on Social Work Education - Baccalaureate Level; Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology; National Association of Industrial Technology; National Association of Schools of Music; National Association of Schools of Theatre; National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education; National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission.

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