The idea that Chapel Hill will plunge to the level of the mythical South Podunk U. unless the professors receive larger salary increases than are already scheduled requires a breathtaking string of non sequiturs. Elite schools have little impact on graduates' success, study finds A new study challenges the assumption that an education from an elite college translates into greater earnings than an education from a less prestigious school. The findings point to the students themselves as determining their own success. But after that, what people can or can't do counts for more. Companies prefer the competent from Podunk to the incompetent from Princeton.
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