Assistant professors at higher ranked vs lower ranked universities

ClassicRockerDad
Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:35:03 +0000

I think the fundamental flaw in the logic here is that your conclusion depends on the assertion that the PhD graduates in question will only accept a job at an upper-tier university or else they would rather go into industry. Most people who are vying for faculty jobs seem to be quite gung ho about staying on the academic path and are generally willing to work at, say, at least one tier lower than the university they attended just to get that first faculty job.



Boneh3ad, I didn’t disagree with you. Not an iota. You misunderstood what I said. I said going from a top tier to a low (not lower), but low tier school - from MIT to Mankato State, would be too much to take both in pay and intellectual satisfaction. I can’t see wanting a faculty position THAT badly when there is so much money and intellectual satisfaction to be had in industry.