OK. He’s social.
In that case, you all need to investigate the crime and party stats, as well as the prevalence of club culture, if you haven’t already.
Are you investigating the reputations of the faculty or the library size and contents of the U of M? Or the ongoing research in his field of interest?
I have this theory that the size and contents of the library and the research ‘stable’ of projects/faculty indicate the strength of the program. If that’s satisfactory, as a student, you then can get what you want out of the education - and become the owner of your education and the institutional resources available to you for the time you partake. What you do with that is your own responsibility.
Having gone to my grad school during a period when it had become a party school, I was upset to wade through the beer bottles on the sidewalk. So, I grabbed myself a carrel and holed up in the library, went to conferences, made contacts and, in general, made a nuisance of myself to those profs who appeared to have a lot on the ball and projects going on. Access to unpublished dissertations and draft articles in magazines were key to my own work as I moved forward.
Fortunately, I didn’t have to live around the university. I think I would have had to become a black belt had that been true.
“In that case, you all need to investigate the crime and party stats, as well as the prevalence of club culture, if you haven’t already.”
I don't think so.
By “social,” I mean that he's outgoing, gets along well with others, is often well-liked, is often selected as the group leader, has an easy manner. By “social,” I don't mean that he is a deviant.
Maryland has very large libraries with lots of books and periodicals. In the millions. We know. My son has done research there on more than one occasion.
As well, Maryland's faculty are well above average in the quantity of per-member peer-reviewed research, and the school actually has its own peer-reviewed journal.
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