Originally posted by Brandon
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I don't mind if these schools offer liberal arts opportunities - there is some value to that. Small schools just need to be more realistic about the needs of the area they serve. The ones that are tend to be more successful as institutions, producing more successful alumni. Let the big schools have the fancy art departments and philosophy faculty, we need that money for more tractors on campus.
I was once told that a previous administration's goal was to make SMSU the "Harvard of the Prairie." I laughed and said "SDSU is 60 miles that way, we already lost." Also - why Harvard? Why not Dartmouth? It sounds nice, but it means nothing. Let's be who we are, and do the best we can at it.
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