http://uspublicserviceacademy.org/blog/2009/09/03/state-flagships-vs-elite-private-colleges/ America Deserves Our Best Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:06:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://uspublicserviceacademy.org/blog/2009/09/03/state-flagships-vs-elite-private-colleges/#comment-126339 JohnScott Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:16:42 +0000 http://uspublicserviceacademy.org/?p=356#comment-126339 I understand your disappointment but not your logic. Most academic institutions do not have the benefit of no fiscal responsibility and complete government support. Your school may be considered competition if they have the same high standards of the other Federal Service Academies (USNA, USMA, USAFA, USCGA, USMMA). Why Brown does not endorse you is the same reason they do not endorse Harvard. Also, as a free school, you should expect to also have to decline 90% of your applicants, so again, your complaint does not follow the facts. Finally, if the addition of your new idea (USPSA) subtracts funding from these established schools, I would hope that information is published and discussed. The presentation of your idea is both grand and grandiose. The facts seem less easy to find, and the originator may not KNOW the facts, as politicians and money enter the mix. Best of luck with your idea to improve the world. To complain about a lack for support and the shortsightedness of other institutions of higher learning however is ignorant at best and disingenuous at worst. I understand your disappointment but not your logic. Most academic institutions do not have the benefit of no fiscal responsibility and complete government support. Your school may be considered competition if they have the same high standards of the other Federal Service Academies (USNA, USMA, USAFA, USCGA, USMMA). Why Brown does not endorse you is the same reason they do not endorse Harvard.
Also, as a free school, you should expect to also have to decline 90% of your applicants, so again, your complaint does not follow the facts.
Finally, if the addition of your new idea (USPSA) subtracts funding from these established schools, I would hope that information is published and discussed. The presentation of your idea is both grand and grandiose. The facts seem less easy to find, and the originator may not KNOW the facts, as politicians and money enter the mix.
Best of luck with your idea to improve the world. To complain about a lack for support and the shortsightedness of other institutions of higher learning however is ignorant at best and disingenuous at worst.

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