<p>I’d say Michigan has two major flagships. MSU is not chopped liver and does ag, engineering, life sciences, and many other areas very well. It just works in the shadow of UM. Viginia also has Va Tech–same thing plus William & Mary. You cannot have all the UC schools having a med school and law and business. It’s just crazy what they are doing. They should set four or five as the main “flagships” that will offer most things and have professional schools. The rest should focus on limited grad areas and forget becoming UCLA. Even Cali can’t afford that nor does it need to.</p>