Google already has offices in Austin and Ann Arbor. On the scale of things academics are pretty cheap so they can afford to have lots of offices and cover the

Google already has offices in Austin and Ann Arbor. On the scale of things academics are pretty cheap so they can afford to have lots of offices and cover the top 20 schools. Really they should have one in New Haven as well. The prestige thing is not as important (I believe). For instance they had offices in Austin and Ann Arbor before Princeton NJ. The prestige thing is only important for client facing roles (McKinsey or Goldman want to assure the money people that they are in good hands).