April 22, 2005

Flagship Universities Must Pursue Excellence and Access

By EDWARD L. AYERS and NICOLE FARMER HURD

Is success spoiling our great public universities? A growing number of educators, state legislators, and high-school students and their families have been asking that question. The answer is complicated.

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

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