Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I missed the governor’s naming of the other two as flagships this spring. I guess I kind of took the Binghamton President’s view of things…though I don’t know how USNWR is assessing “better undergraduate teaching.”
President Stegner said size alone shouldn’t designate a flagship.
“The criteria of selecting them really doesn’t have much to do with quality. When you look at U.S. News and World Report rankings, we’re higher ranked than both Stony Brook and Buffalo because we have better student retention, better graduation rates, better undergraduate teaching,” said Stegner.