Bad news for UIC...

[Big D]

We lost our guest status in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC). We were the only guest in the country in the CIC. And, we dropped again in top research schools, although our research dollars have gone up.

www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/uicnews/articledetail.cgi?id=15002

www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/uicnews/articledetail.cgi?id=14981

Not very good news for the relatively new chancellor.

[Big D]

Found a random blog post about UIC and the CIC.

sanityandsocialjustice.net/?p=2929

Some interesting excerpts...

"If the CIC is a club that is really, deep down, a sports club, then, by “club” logic, out UIC goes, and out stays Wayne State. It is tempting to use other sports analogies, in which the big kids don’t want all their little kid brothers and sisters to play either."

"Interesting that the University of Illinois is credited on the Chicago RDC website, since the Chicago campus, UIC, took the initiative on the foundation of the Chicago RDC."

Maybe UIUC found another way to keep us down by leading the charge to boot us from the CIC. Just coincidence that we beat them in basketball and a few days later, we're notified that we're out of the CIC? Little payback for the embarrassment maybe?

[mrguest]

what a dumb thought. UIC is not even a pimple on UIUC's ass to be concerned about.

[Big D]

www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-uic-academicgroup,0,6746000,full.story