May 18, 2006

The competitive advantage of attending a name-brand university

Filed under: General — Tim @ 2:10 am

Last year, The New Yorker published a detailed article on how the Ivy League has built up a world-class reputation/brand name. I quoted it extensively in a piece earlier this year regarding the future of Higher Education. Today David Skarbek sent me an interesting study done suggesting that in fact, for the most part, due to near-universal access to state-of-the-art material and resources, research salaries have become an even playing field.

If you haven’t done so, be sure to read Kevin Kelly’s excellent piece on how several web-based firms are ushering in an era of relatively inexpensive access to the collective works of humanity. Talk about disruptive technology…

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