Public Ivy
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"Public Ivy" is an informal term that refers to public colleges and universities in the United States that are perceived to provide a collegiate experience on the level of Ivy League universities. <ref name="PublicIvys">Richard Moll in his book Public Ivys: A Guide to America's best public undergraduate colleges and universities (1985)</ref><ref name="Greenes_2001">Template:Cite book</ref> There is no trademark for the term, and the list of schools associated with the classification has changed over time.
The term was first coined in 1985 by Yale University admissions officer Richard Moll, who published Public Ivies: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities. That initial list included eight universities and nine runners-up.<ref name="PublicIvys" /> In 2001, college guide authors Howard Greene and Matthew Greene, released their own book, The Public Ivies: The Great State Colleges and Universities,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> which included 30 schools.<ref name="Greenes_2001" />
Debates about Public Ivies have centered on whether state budgetary cuts are undermining their future;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> whether raising tuition at Public Ivies has "gentrified" the schools;<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> whether states should be subsidizing higher education in the first place;<ref name=":0" /> whether graduates of Public Ivies are able to pay back student loans as quickly as their Ivy League counterparts;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and whether out-of-state tuition is too high.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
HistoryEdit
The term first appeared in the Public Ivies: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities, published in 1985.<ref name="PublicIvys" /> The author, Richard Moll, graduated with a master's degree from Yale University in 1959, and served as an admissions officer as well as a director of admissions at several universities in the United States.<ref name="YaleMagazine">Template:Cite magazine</ref> He traveled the nation examining higher education institutions, and selected eight that were comparable to the Ivy League.<ref name="JBHE2">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Moll's original ranking methodology included factors such as academic rigor, quality of faculty, and cost of tuition, as well as assessments of campus facilities, available resources, age, and major cultural traditions celebrated at each institution.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="JBHE">Template:Cite journal</ref>
Original list published in 1985Edit
- College of William & Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia)
- Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
- University of California (applies to the campuses as of 1985: Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Diego, Irvine, Davis, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, and Riverside)
- University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Vermont (Burlington)
- University of Virginia (Charlottesville)
Runners-upEdit
As part of the initial 1985 publication, Moll also selected nine "worthy runner-up" universities:<ref>Moll, Richard (1985). The Public Ivys: A Guide to America's Best Undergraduate Colleges and Universities. Viking Penguin. p. xxvi. Template:ISBN.</ref>
- University of Colorado Boulder
- Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta)
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
- New College of Florida (formerly New College of the University of South Florida, it became an independent part of Florida's State University System in 2001)
- Pennsylvania State University (University Park)
- University of Pittsburgh
- State University of New York at Binghamton (also known as Binghamton University)
- University of Washington (Seattle)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
Notable updatesEdit
Greenes' Guides list (2001)Edit
The list of "public Ivy" institutions has gone through several revisions over the years, much like other university rankings and conferences. A notable update was published in 2001, when Howard and Matthew Greene included the following 30 colleges and universities in The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Public Universities.<ref name="Greenes_2001" />
NortheasternEdit
- Pennsylvania State University (University Park)
- Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
- State University of New York at Binghamton
- University of Connecticut (Storrs)
Mid-AtlanticEdit
- College of William & Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia)
- University of Delaware (Newark)
- University of Maryland, College Park
- University of Virginia (Charlottesville)
WesternEdit
- University of Arizona (Tucson)
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Irvine
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, San Diego
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of Colorado Boulder
- University of Washington (Seattle)
Great Lakes and MidwestEdit
- Indiana University Bloomington
- Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
- Michigan State University (East Lansing)
- Ohio State University (Columbus)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- University of Iowa (Iowa City)
- University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
SouthernEdit
- University of Florida (Gainesville)
- University of Georgia (Athens)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Texas at Austin
List of Public IviesEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
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