You’re not the elitist, unfortunately you’re stating the truth and its academic hiring committees that are elitist. Research backs up the idea that there is a

You’re not the elitist, unfortunately you’re stating the truth and its academic hiring committees that are elitist. Research backs up the idea that there is a small clique of “elite” universities that exclusively hire from each other. Also, the only direction of mobility is downwards, it’s rare to get hired at a more prestigious university than your postdoc institution. https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.1400005 https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.1400005