One thing that makes a great university is strong state support. UNCG Chancellor Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr., says North Carolina has a history of doing just that. “We’re at a watershed in American public higher education,” Gilliam says. “For so long, the states subsidized state universities at high levels – at 75, 85 percent. And the argument was that it was a public good – that it benefited everyone.”
See more at this Higher Education Works web post.