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Public Ivies
A term coined by Richard Moll in his 1985 book entitled, 'The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Undergraduate Colleges". According to Moll, a public ivy is a public university or college that provides an ivy league collegiate experience at a public school price.
The eight original public ivies are as follows:
- University of Virginia
- University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
- College of William and Mary
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Vermont
- Miami University in Oxford, Ohio
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of California at Berkeley
A later book entitled, "THE PUBLIC IVIES: America's Flagship Public Universities" (ISBN: 0060953624) by Howard and Matthew Greene of Greene's Guides also include in the list:
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