Public Ivy
"Public Ivy" is a term that refers to prestigious public colleges and universities in the United States that provide a collegiate experience similar to those in the Ivy League.[1][2] The list of "public ivy" institutions has gone through several revisions over the years, much like other university rankings and conferences. The term was first coined by Yale University admissions officer Richard Moll, who published Public Ivies: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities in 1985.[1]
History
The term first appeared in the Public Ivies: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities, published in 1985.[1] 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.[3] He traveled the nation examining higher education institutions, and selected eight that were comparable to the Ivy League.[4][5]
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.[6][7]
Original list published in 1985
- 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, 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-up
As part of the initial 1985 publication, Moll also selected nine "worthy runner-up" universities:[8]
- 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 updates
Greenes' Guides list (2001)
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.[2]
Northeastern
Mid-Atlantic
Western
- 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 & Midwest
- Indiana University Bloomington
- Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
- Michigan State University (East Lansing)
- Ohio State University (Columbus)
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
- University of Iowa (Iowa City)
- University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
Southern
Gallery
Sather Tower seen from Memorial Glade of the University of California, Berkeley
The Main Building at the University of Texas at Austin
MacCracken Hall at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio
Sewall Hall at the University of Colorado Boulder
Savant Building at the Georgia Institute of Technology
Foellinger Auditorium on the Main Quad of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
College Hall and Cook Hall at the New College of Florida
Bascom Hall atop Bascom Hill at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Academic Complex at the State University of New York at Binghamton
Jacobson Barn at the University of Connecticut
Brooks Hall at the University of Georgia
University Hall at the Ohio State University
Sample Gates entrance to Old Crescent at Indiana University Bloomington
Old Capitol Museum in the Pentacrest at the University of Iowa
Morrill Hall on the Northrop Mall at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Jack Langson Library at the University of California, Irvine
University Center and Storke Tower at the University of California, Santa Barbara
The Mall at the University of Delaware
Reckord Armory at the University of Maryland, College Park
Quarry Amphitheatre at the University of California, Santa Cruz
Gary Anderson Hall at the University of California, Riverside
See also
- Colonial colleges
- Flagship universities
References
- ^ a b c Richard Moll in his book Public Ivys: A Guide to America's best public undergraduate colleges and universities (1985)
- ^ a b Greene, Howard R.; Greene, Matthew W. (2001). The public ivies: America's flagship public universities (1st ed.). New York: Cliff Street Books. ISBN 978-0060934590.
- ^ (November 2000). "Deciphering the Admissions Map". Yale Alumni Magazine. 109 (11). Archived from the original on 2008-01-07. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
¶16: But Richard Moll '59MDiv, a former Yale admissions officer who later oversaw admissions at Bowdoin and Vassar, thinks Yale still is not as visible as it should be. "Yale has not had the presence at grassroots admissions and counseling conferences that Harvard and Stanford have," says Moll, author of Playing the Selective College Admissions Game.
- ^ "Comparing Black Enrollments at the Public Ivies". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Autumn 2005. Retrieved 2006-09-03.
- ^ Paul Marthers, Dean of Admission. "Admissions Messages vs. Admissions Realities". Office of Admissions. Reed College. Archived from the original on 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ^ Savage, David G. (1985-10-06). "The Public Ivys: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities". Los Angeles Times (in American English). ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
- ^ "Comparing Black Enrollments at the Public Ivies". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Autumn 2005. Retrieved 2006-09-03.
- ^ Moll, Richard (1985). The Public Ivys: A Guide to America's Best Undergraduate Colleges and Universities. Viking Penguin Inc., p. xxvi. ISBN 0-670-58205-0
- Universities and colleges in the United States
- Ivy League
- Colloquial terms for groups of universities and colleges