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I totally agree, Steven. Do not misinterpret any of my references to graduates of land grant colleges speaking outside their areas of expertise. I have several excellent book published by the experts at U.C. Davis about turf grass management and rose grafting. Schools like U.C. Davis plays an important part in an economy that relies much more on agricultual products than on art production.
If I were to want information on international banking practices or medieval English literature, I might search elsewhere.
I don't know why you'd denigrate the education you received at a land grant college unless you wanted to study something for which they were only marginally equiped to teach. Those state schools serve a very important function, after all, not everyone can afford or get into an Ivy League school, just as not everyone would fit well in an art school. The land grant colleges were incorporated to fulfill the needs and aspirations of people, who for whatever reason, could not go to the elite schools.
Judging from the passions that seem stirred, those land grant colleges create a fierce loyalty in their alumni. That is truly wonderful and you should take joy and pride in having attended one.
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