Private vs. public engineering education

Inside Higher Ed (July 23) -- In an essay, Andreas Cangellaris, dean of the College of Engineering at Illinois responded to Harvard University's plan to use a recent $400 million gift to " develop an engineering and applied science program to match Harvard’s reputation." Cangellaris argued that public institutions like the Universities of Illinois, California at Berkeley, and Michigan have done the same for world-class engineering education for the masses. That combination is extremely powerful, and it has made America the most innovative and prosperous country in the world.