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>they would need to either spend less on education (and consequently become less prestigious) Given many studies (notably Google's) showing that school perform
by dikdik 10y ago
>they would need to either spend less on education (and consequently become less prestigious)
Given many studies (notably Google's) showing that school performance is not a good indicator of future performance. Is losing prestige such a bad thing? It would be if the prestige was correlated with significantly smarter and better performing graduates.
But if the prestige only comes from being associated with higher class individuals, all you are losing is a false-positive signal.
- rbcgerard 10y agoI think the conventional wisdom is that prestige allows schools to attract better students and professors, and to raise more money from alumni sort of creating a virtuous cycle...but to a certain extent its zero sum, so some schools actually end up trying to compete in races that they can't win to their detriment, and effectively to the detriment of their students.