"Public Ivy" is a term that refers to prestigious public colleges and universities in the United States that provide a collegiate experience similar to those in the Ivy League.[1][2] The list of "public ivy" institutions has gone through several revisions over the years, much like other university rankings and conferences. The term was first coined by Yale University admissions officer Richard Moll, who published Public Ivies: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities in 1985.[1]
The term first appeared in the Public Ivies: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities, published in 1985.[1] The author, Richard Moll, graduated with a Master's Degree from Yale University in 1959, and served as an admissions officer as well as a director of admissions at several universities in the United States.[3] He traveled the nation examining higher education institutions, and selected eight that were comparable to the Ivy League.[4][5]
Moll's original ranking methodology included factors such as academic rigor, quality of faculty, and cost of tuition. as well as assessments of campus facilities, available resources, age, and major cultural traditions celebrated at each institution.[6][7]
As part of the initial 1985 publication, Moll also selected nine "worthy runner-up" universities:[8]
The list of "public ivy" institutions has gone through several revisions over the years, much like other university rankings and conferences. A notable update was published in 2001, when Howard and Matthew Greene included the following 30 colleges and universities in The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Public Universities.[2]
A map of colleges listed as public ivies in the 2001 version of The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Public Universities by Howard and Matthew Greene.
¶16: But Richard Moll '59MDiv, a former Yale admissions officer who later oversaw admissions at Bowdoin and Vassar, thinks Yale still is not as visible as it should be. "Yale has not had the presence at grassroots admissions and counseling conferences that Harvard and Stanford have," says Moll, author of Playing the Selective College Admissions Game.
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