martinss01
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Ono: Ohio needs more flagship universities
Jun. 6, 2013 5:05 PM
Nonetheless, I think there is an important point that arises from the dialogue that has followed the release of Gordon’s comments. In short, that point focuses on the benefits of moving away from a single flagship model for our university system toward one where there is strategic support for multiple flagships.
multiple flagships...? so... like a participation award then?
This goes well beyond distributing funding for state support of instruction. It would involve a commitment to strategically grow a subset of our universities to be “best of class” in defined fields.
an interesting argument... so who decides what university gets which defined field? does a college have to give up a defined field it is already the "best in class" for to another "sister flagship"? how does that occur? does university A have to repurpose/demolish facilities and or release professors to college B? what is university A's incentive to decrease its reputation/ability to pass on knowledge for an entire field? how is that a win for anyone exactly?
oh and speaking of financial distribution to collegiate instruction. does that mean uc would prefer a system in which each "sister flagship" only receives financial support from their immediate surroundings? so instead of giving one particular college the largest slice of the ohio pie, but rather divide the state into collegiate districts and split their funding that way?
Seems to me that any President would argue on behalf of his University. He should be criticized for not pursuing this issue.
criticized for arguing on behalf of their university for the betterment of said university? of course not. criticized for making an argument which bases its conclusions on "my university will never be better than yours on it's own so your abilities should be restricted so my university looks better by comparison".... perhaps they should be criticized for making such an argument.
further, im not certain i understand why intercollegiate sports are brought up repeatedly.
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