<p>This type of classification seems pointless to me. By that logic…I could call my school the “Harvard of central Lee County, Illinois,” on the basis that it’s the best community college in my immediate area. </p>
<p>The need to justify going to a school like Duke or Rice by branding it as the “Harvard of _______” seems unnecessary to me. Those are excellent schools. Why do they need to justify themselves?</p>