From time to time, I would like to write about colleges and universities from the perspective of studying Rutgers University, my alma mater and school I know best. I have earned two degrees from Rutgers and formed successful professional relationships with university administrators.
According to the latest U.S. News Americas Best Colleges, Rutgers flagship campus in New Brunswick ranks tied for 20th among publicly-supported research universities. This is impressive, considering Rutgers ranks ahead of universities that have much larger endowments and longer histories as public institutions. I know alumni who are disappointed in Rutgers ranking; they believe Rutgers is closer to a private Ivy League school than a Public Ivy such as the University of Virginia or UC-Berkeley.
When I entered Rutgers in the fall of 1978, the universitys football schedule included Penn State, but also Colgate, Yale, Princeton, William and Mary and other schools that are part of the NCAAs so-called Championship Subdivision, a silly name for programs with small stadiums (less than 40,000 seats) that play-off for a national championship. By my senior year, Rutgers had played not only Penn...
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