--- Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> wrote:
> > In philosophy (my former field), Michigan's a top
> 5
> > school in every ranking, has been for generations.
>
> Of the top 10, how many are on the coasts? I looked
> at a few rankings
> for Philosophy, and it looks like Pittsburgh is the
> only other
> non-coastal in the 10.
Sounds right, though it depends on whether Cornell is a "coastal."
>
> > Point is, what's elite varies by area.
>
> Not disagreeing; re-read what I wrote: I started by
> getting away from
> "coastal = elite" and said I thought the general
> rule was "rank(job) <=
> rank(degree)" ...
That's true. You also can't get a job a place ranked a while lot lower than your degree rank, if it's high.
jks
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