AAC Creates Academic Consortium

[CL82]

For expansion AAC candidates, I like:

i) BYU first - but they would never join us.
ii) Boise State - state school - also would never join us.
iii) Army - keeps us classy.
iv) CSU - state school - rapidly growing state
v) Buffalo - state school - good for our travel

 

[whaler11]

If two non-UConn schools leave the league the appropriate response would be to not expand. Certainly no one from MWC would answer the phone and anyone on the coast just makes things worse.

And if they did expand how could the criteria be anything other than who is best at sports and available?

 

[Alum86]

Whaler is right.
Anyone but UMass is how that is read. They join it is our Death Sentence perception wise. So stop the crazy AAC expansion nonsense. Army too.

 

[Kolumbo]

Why would anyone refer to this consortium as the conference's "first-ever"? Of course it's the first-ever. The conference just started. It's not like the Big Ten just started admitting women. It makes the American look even smaller than it actually is when non-accomplishments are touted as if they were accomplishments,

Remember, the conference has been around over 35 years.

 

[RegisteredUconn]

Remember, the conference has been around over 35 years.

????

 

[mavblues]

Remember, the conference has been around over 35 years.

I think you need to move the decimal one spot to the left.

 

[Marty Jackson]

It's a reference to the fact that the American was really the Big East.
the conference existed, just a name change.

It's the Big East that has only existed for 3+ years or so.

 

[Kolumbo]

UConn was a founding member of the Big East and never left, as most of us know. We get points for loyalty.

 

[CL82]

...and those loyalty points get us this:

and not much else.

 

[huskypantz]

huskypantz blah blah blah

Wait a minute, I found that on the internet. AAC consortium meme's are all over the place. How dare you, sir.

 

[Drew]

The Louisville thread made me wonder what this thing actually meant for us and I found this article from the Orlando Sentinel outlining what the purpose of this is:

The consortium will promote academic research and studies through awarding five $10,000 grants to support inter-institutional research teams for topical issues student-athletes face such as mental health, time demands and nutrition. The research team will present their data at annual symposium at a member institution. Temple will host the first two-day symposium in 2017.

"We felt like we should play an important role as faculty with our educational and academic background and the research that we do such as student-athlete well being to contribute to the well-being of student-athletes on our campuses and share ideas across different institutions," Chopra said.

Additionally, the consortium will sponsor international and domestic service learning activities for student athletes.

The consortium will have oversight from the American's Faculty Athletics Representative Committee for the first three years.

"Our mission for all of our institutions is academics first and I think that having our FARs and academic officers on campus align within the American is a neat thing and brings that kind of collegial feel to an athletic conference that I think is healthy," said UCF athletic director Danny White.

AAC presidents unanimously approve six-figure budget for academic consortium

 

[MattMang23]

Can you imagine a research team made up of Memphis, ECU and Houston students? The results of their brainstorm:

 

[Bobol]

Not a bad move. There are some decent schools academically in the conference.

UConn and SMU are the only top tier academic institutions that are full time members of the American Athletic Association.

East Carolina, UCF, USF, Houston, Tulsa, Memphis, and Temple are all academic lightweights.

 

[NYUConn]

UConn and SMU are the only top tier academic institutions that are full time members of the American Athletic Association.

East Carolina, UCF, USF, Houston, Tulsa, Memphis, and Temple are all academic lightweights.

Tulane is AAU.

 

[Drew]

UConn and SMU are the only top tier academic institutions that are full time members of the American Athletic Association.

East Carolina, UCF, USF, Houston, Tulsa, Memphis, and Temple are all academic lightweights.

did you just completely skip the USNWR posted in this thread earlier?

1. Navy (9- Liberal Arts Colleges)
2. Tulane (41)
3. UConn (57)
4. SMU (61)
5. Tulsa (86)
6. Temple (115)
7. Cincinnati (140)
8. USF (156)
9. UCF (168)
10. Houston (187)
11. ECU (T-194)
12. Memphis (NR)

 

[MattMang23]

Tulane is a fantastic school. That's like when people used to think Miami was a bad school because they're a smallish private school in a party city, too, so they must be dumb.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Tulane is an exceptional school. Tulsa is also far better academically than most on this board realize.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

I believe that academically UConn is trying to be AAU, not AAC.

 

[Doggie Style]

did you just completely skip the USNWR posted in this thread earlier?

1. Navy (9- Liberal Arts Colleges)
2. Tulane (41)
3. UConn (57)
4. SMU (61)
5. Tulsa (86)
6. Temple (115)
7. Cincinnati (140)
8. USF (156)
9. UCF (168)
10. Houston (187)
11. ECU (T-194)
12. Memphis (NR)

Well aside for the first two... He was spot on!

 

[HuskyHawk]

Well aside for the first two... He was spot on!

Not really, because this is a "research" consortium, and I believe that even USF and Cinci have more research $ than UConn.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

If the consortium helps UConn get more federal research grants and private support for research -- that would be a good thing.

 

[Marty Jackson]

Can i get this in english please?

uconn is opening up a daycare center specifically for Memphis and Houston students to receive tutoring.

 

[Adios]

Us scratching Tulane's back doesn't look all so bad now, does it?

 

[Slasher]

uconn is opening up a daycare center specifically for Memphis and Houston Honor students to receive tutoring.

FIFY

 

[Ldandy]

Outside of a few bottom feeders, The AAC is actually a good collection of universities to be tied to academically. No shame in working with the likes of Tulane, Navy, Tulsa etc.