Although the university has raised its stature and fund-raising considerably, its $1.1 billion endowment is small compared with those of competitors, and it is grappling with a new graduate student union, financial pressures at its medical school and pressures to expand.
Has President Obama raised the stature of oratory today?
Film soundtracks he's made in recent years have raised his stature too.
To the Editor: John Glenn's epic flight united the world and raised the stature of the United States.
Mr. Obama's direct engagement with Mr. Romney may have raised his stature as the most likely Republican nominee.
Alternately charming and ruthless, he dazzled world leaders with his political wit and, in the process, raised the stature of his small Southeast Asian nation.
His treatment at the hands of Mr. Sharon has raised his stature enormously among Palestinians, and the latest episode only added to his standing.
Political analysts say that Mr. Dodd, a five-term incumbent of the Senate who raised his stature with his national campaign, would add experience to the ticket.
Debating thinkers of this calibre not only kept Buckley's own mind in fighting trim, it also demonstrated his seriousness and raised the stature of his political movement.
In leading by example and through the sheer force of his will he raised the stature of Mexican-Americans not just in California and the south-west but throughout the United States.
LENNOX LEWIS, who raised his stature as a heavyweight champion with an eighth-round knockout of MIKE TYSON, which also lowered the appraisal of the sad career of the boxer who is no longer the "baddest man" on the planet.
