GunnerFan Wrote:c) I'm sure that there is plenty of legit greivances for ECU against UNC and NCSU. But please recall how most State University systems work. Flagships are what they are by direction. Here in Georgia other schools are permitted to operate programs also offered at UGA... provided they are subsets of the UGA program. It will be a cold day in Hades before the likes of Georgia State or Valdosta State offer law programs of their own design.
And while some of this is ego some of it is the designed function of the system. Flagships are supposed to be the pinnacle of the state system because that's how the State is going to fund and nurture them. It hasn't been until the recent era with the change from predominantly blue collar to mostly white collar economies that regional and metro campuses were regarded as possible/necessary peers in the field of highest-level research education facilities. I'm not justifying any personal actions UNC and its grads may be taking out against ECU, but understand that this isn't just a ECU/UNC thing but also part of the larger makeover of post-secondary education in this country. I imagine that over time the concept of singular flagships will continue to grow dilluted, unless another unforseen change somes along. They'll still be managed as the pinnacles they're intended to be, but the monopoly won't resemble that of a bygone era.
Gunner,
States run university systems in different ways.
California-Berkeley is the flagship of California state schools, right? Does that mean that UCLA is less of a school? Actually, no. They both hold their own academically. In fact, the whole California system holds itself well academically (UC-Davis, UC-San Diego, UC-Irvine, etc...). They also have a secondary system (San Diego State, Fresno State, etc...)
The Virginia system is also different that Georgia's. Schools in the commonwealth run independently of one another. James Madison, William & Mary, UVA, VPI, ODU, VCU, and George Mason are independent state schools.
The North Carolina university system is in theory one school. UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Charlotte, UNC-Greensboro, App State, Western Carolina, East Carolina, UNC-Pembroke, UNC-Wilmington, Fayetteville State, NCCU, Elizabeth City State, Winston Salem State, NC State, etc...are the same school at different locations.
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