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That's not evidence of eliteness. It's evidence that they produce a lot of professors. And as the top-10 list above points out, they produce a lot of PhDs. It
by gnicholas 4y ago
That's not evidence of eliteness. It's evidence that they produce a lot of professors. And as the top-10 list above points out, they produce a lot of PhDs.
It is an open question as to whether the reason they make a lot of professors is because they make a lot of PhDs, or because they are "elite".
- lapcat 4y agoThose are top 10 rankings by prestige, not by number of professors.
- gnicholas 4y agoThanks for clarifying. But it's actually if they're top 10 in any department, so there's a clear tilt in favor of universities that are large and have lots of departments.
- lapcat 4y agoLots of universities are large and have lots of departments. That doesn't explain the success of the top 5 elite. For example, 6 universities grant more PhDs than UW-Madison yet have less success. This conversation is getting repetitive and tiresome, I'm done.