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RE: Buffalo's uniform
(03-20-2015 05:04 PM)ArQ Wrote: (03-20-2015 04:15 PM)ecuacc4ever Wrote: So basically the theme of this thread is that Clemson, Louisville and Auburn all need to put their respective state's name on their jerseys so we'll better identify them when they're on TV.
Correct?
Nope. New York has no flagship so it is for grab. There have already been South Carolina, Kentucky and Alabama.
Stop reading the MAC board. It isn't good for your brain. And, do you actually know what "flagship" means? I doubt it, because nobody does. It's a loose term thrown around by people on the internet.
http://diycollegerankings.com/faqs/what-...niversity/
The truth is that SUNY Buffalo isn't going to the B1G (its value proposition is way too low to be a net contributor to that conference), and SUNY Buffalo doesn't have more pull in NYS than Cornell (part public) and/or Syracuse (ESF/SUNY Upstate are de facto SU colleges), so SUNY Buffalo won't get special treatment from the NY State government at the expense of Cornell, Syracuse, the other SUNY schools, and the other private schools with embedded statuatory colleges. They can, however, put "New York" on their jerseys and fool jack nobody, just like ULL down south.
Btw, FWIW, here's wikipedia's take on the term "flagship:"
Most states in the United States provide public university education through one or more university systems. The phrase flagship institution or flagship university may be applied to an individual school or campus within each state system. The College Board, for example, defines flagship universities as the best-known institutions in the state, noting that they were generally the first to be established and are frequently the largest and most selective, as well as the most research-intensive public universities.[2] These schools are often land-grant, sea-grant, or space-grant research universities.[3] According to Robert M. Berdahl, then chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, the phrase "flagship" came into existence in the 1950s when the Morrill Act schools were joined by newer institutions built in a wave of post-war expansion of state university systems.[4]
Berdahl notes further that because flagships are generally the oldest schools within a system, they are often the largest and best financed and are perceived as elite relative to non-flagship state schools.[4] He comments that "Those of us in 'systems' of higher education are frequently actively discouraged from using the term 'flagship' to refer to our campuses because it is seen as hurtful to the self-esteem of colleagues at other institutions in our systems. The use of the term is seen by some as elitist and boastful. It is viewed by many, in the context of the politics of higher education, as 'politically incorrect.' ... Only in the safe company of alumni is one permitted to use the term."[4] Additionally, the term flagship is widely understood to encompass only public (state-supported) universities, even in states which may contain more eminent private universities.
Nevertheless, the term "flagship university" is still used in official contexts by the U.S. Department of Education, various state university system boards of governors, and state legislatures.[5][6][7][8][9] Additionally, state universities often self-designate themselves as flagships.[10][11] Higher education agencies, research journals, and other organizations also use the term, though their lists of flagship universities can differ greatly. One list of 50 flagship universities (one per state) is employed by the Higher Education Coordinating Board,[12] the College Board,[13] the Princeton Review[14] and many other state and federal educational and governmental authorities for a variety of purposes including tuition and rate comparisons,[2][15][16] research studies[17][18][19][20] and public policy analyses.[21][22][23][24] Given the widespread use of this list, it has been described as a "nationally recognizable and accepted list of flagship universities".[25]
Despite its ubiquity, this list of 50 flagships is not the only state-by-state examination of flagships. In a 2010 article, Standard & Poor's created its own list of flagship universities, noting that each state had typically one or two institutions with flagship characteristics.[26] The Education Sector, an education policy organization, used a different list of 51 flagship universities in an August 2011 study of college debt. Several states had multiple universities categorized as flagships due to "less of a clear distinction between a single flagship and other public universities" in those states.[27] Additionally, several states were not included in the study due to insufficient comparative data.[27] There are many instances in which more than one school in a state has claimed to be, or has been described as, a "flagship".[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]
In February 2012, Idaho's State Board of Education made a controversial decision to strike the word "flagship" from the University of Idaho's mission statement.[37] The Board's President Richard Westerberg explained that this revision was made as part of the Board's many changes made to multiple Idaho universities' mission statements in an effort to ensure all statements were consistent and collegial in nature rather than comparative or competitive.[38]
(This post was last modified: 03-20-2015 05:29 PM by nzmorange.)
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