Purdue pushes forward

Purdue pushes forward By Andrea Gawrylewski Related Articles Best Places to Work in Academia, 2007 Easy livin' at Dalhousie First-Timers Massachusetts General Hospital: View from the top Survey Methodology Ranking Tables Top 15 US Academic Institutions Top 10 International Academic Institutions Top 40 US Academic Institutions Best Countries for Academic Research Best Places to Work: Survey Findings

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By Andrea Gawrylewski

Best Places to Work in Academia, 2007

Easy livin' at Dalhousie

First-Timers

Massachusetts General Hospital: View from the top

Survey Methodology

Top 15 US Academic Institutions

Top 10 International Academic Institutions

Top 40 US Academic Institutions

Best Countries for Academic Research

Best Places to Work: Survey Findings PDF

Up from number 25 in last year's survey, Purdue University has made strong headway during the past year, ranking fourth in 2007. With a new university president and its interdisciplinary research center, Discovery Park, gaining recognition, the below-par facilities and bureaucratic irritations that employees cited as weaknesses in last year's survey may be on their way out.

For faculty and researchers at Purdue, the tendency to cooperate stems partly from both Midwest upbringing and school tradition. "When you need something from someone else's lab you can send your grad student over there and he'll get it," says Mark Hermodson, ...

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