Original sentence: Miami University in 1986 and The Ohio State University in 2001 were noted as "public ivy" institutions, the state/public equivalent of a private Ivy League institutions.Ohio State and Case Western are Ohio's two members of the Association of American Universities as well as the universities with the largest endowments
Edited sentence: Miami University in 1986 and The Ohio State University in 2001 were noted as "public ivy" institutions, the state/public equivalent of a prestigious private Ivy League institutions.Ohio State and Case Western are Ohio's two members of the prestigious Association of American Universities as well as the universities with the largest endowments