"We...have served the [Big XII] as a prestigious academic institution.
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"WVU is proud to be a proven academic leader ranking at the highest level of research activity in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. In fact, we are among a select few that are land-grant, doctoral research universities with a comprehensive medical school. The University's faculty are increasingly recognized for excellence, and our legacy of student achievement includes 25 Rhodes Scholars, 25 Truman Scholars, 46 Goldwater Scholars."
The ACC should propose to WVU, but they didn't previously. And the reason is WVU was and is NOT a "prestigious academic institution." And the Carnegie Classification, whatever that is, I'm sure it's great, is not the academic grouping that matters. That is the American Association of Universities (AAU), the sixty-six top in the country. The B1G has said reportedly that it will not consider non-AAU schools for expansion. I feel bad for West Virginia that they did this. They shouldn't have debased themselves in this way. WVU is meretricious enough to be an ACC member.
