- July 10th, 2022, 12:59 am
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It has been 6 years since Liberty became a R3 (doctoral university level) academic school from the Carnegie Foundation. If you'd like to read more about this, the link is below:
https://www.liberty.edu/news/2016/02/04 ... e-listing/
I think it is time for Liberty to take the next step into R2 and even begin taking a look for the R1 criterias for the future. I'm tired of hearing about success when we are not even putting as much money into research/academia. The slogan 'Rise With Us' should not only be about sports, but also towards academia and community/alumni engagement.
I'm not sure when we'll get new leadership, but Liberty could be so much better than where we're at right now. What made me bring up this topic was an article stating that Kennesaw State just became a R2 a fee months ago. That's not cool to me; we should've been in that position since about 2020. I understand that we were in lockdown, but now we need to get it together if we want to be taken seriously.
https://www.liberty.edu/news/2016/02/04 ... e-listing/
I think it is time for Liberty to take the next step into R2 and even begin taking a look for the R1 criterias for the future. I'm tired of hearing about success when we are not even putting as much money into research/academia. The slogan 'Rise With Us' should not only be about sports, but also towards academia and community/alumni engagement.
I'm not sure when we'll get new leadership, but Liberty could be so much better than where we're at right now. What made me bring up this topic was an article stating that Kennesaw State just became a R2 a fee months ago. That's not cool to me; we should've been in that position since about 2020. I understand that we were in lockdown, but now we need to get it together if we want to be taken seriously.