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Sergey Brin went to Stanford. Musk went to UPenn and Stanford. Picchai went to Wharton and the University of Chicago. Narayan went to UC Berkeley. Only Brin and

Sergey Brin went to Stanford. Musk went to UPenn and Stanford. Picchai went to Wharton and the University of Chicago. Narayan went to UC Berkeley. Only Brin and Musk came as undergrads and only Nadella originated at a so-so school: Wisconsin-Milwaukee (he made his way to an MBA at Chicago, too). By and large the article is not talking about those people. Undergrads are where schools make their money (lots of graduate students are funded anyway). Almost none of these people would have been affected. It's hard to overestimate how useful and desirable the top schools are. When students from Akron are running any of those companies (a school the article talks about), then we can worry about losing out on top talent. I think the way US society is so divided based on if you went to a top college or not is just as problematic. Not that the recent rhetoric isn't a problem...

zzleeper 9y ago
This is also an issue at Stanford, UPenn and so on. But as you probably know, those schools will never in a million years go candid with a reporter about it (due to prestige and other issues).
- jimmywanger 9y ago
  > This is also an issue at Stanford, UPenn and so on. Stanford has an endowment of 22.2 billion. UPenn has one of 12.2 billion. The University of Missouri school system has an endowment of 1.2 billion spread over 4 campuses. I doubt that Stanford and UPenn would feel the pinch over the next century. Even the income off the interest of the endowment would probably suffice for campus upkeep and professors' salaries. Missouri's timeframe is drastically shorter, as they have four times the physical facilities to take care of and ~4 times the professor salaries. Also, who would be easier to find grants from either the public or private sectors? Stanford professors with industry contacts, Ivy League professors with that cachet, or somebody from a regional public school?

zzleeper 9y ago

This is also an issue at Stanford, UPenn and so on. But as you probably know, those schools will never in a million years go candid with a reporter about it (due to prestige and other issues).

jimmywanger 9y ago
> This is also an issue at Stanford, UPenn and so on. Stanford has an endowment of 22.2 billion. UPenn has one of 12.2 billion. The University of Missouri school system has an endowment of 1.2 billion spread over 4 campuses. I doubt that Stanford and UPenn would feel the pinch over the next century. Even the income off the interest of the endowment would probably suffice for campus upkeep and professors' salaries. Missouri's timeframe is drastically shorter, as they have four times the physical facilities to take care of and ~4 times the professor salaries. Also, who would be easier to find grants from either the public or private sectors? Stanford professors with industry contacts, Ivy League professors with that cachet, or somebody from a regional public school?