Abstract
The flagship institutions in our public systems of higher education play a crucial role in our civic culture, demonstrating that "public" and "excellent" need not be mutually exclusive. In many states, however, students and their parents believe that their flagship university is beyond their financial and academic reach. The rhetoric about "excellence" and "selectivity" is understood to mean "exclusivity." And there is truth to that suspicion. The drive to excellence may be preventing some of our best public institutions from fulfilling their public role.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-22-2005
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2005 The Chronicle of Higher Education. This article first appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education 51:33 (2005), B12.
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Recommended Citation
Ayers, Edward L. and Nicole Farmer Hurd. "Flagship Universities must Pursue Excellence and Access." The Chronicle of Higher Education, 51, no. 33 (April 22, 2005), B12.