Assistant professors at higher ranked vs lower ranked universities

RacinReaver
Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:04:32 +0000

CRD, I know this is just anecdotal data, but I’m aware of a number of people in my lab that have done exactly that due to their own family constraints. One advantage they do retain over some of their colleagues is they can maintain connections to their top tier lab, and, if the lab’s willing, can still collaborate and share students, equipment, and facilities for their research. One of my best mentors is a PhD who graduated ~15 years ago from my program and is a professor at a school which is hardly ever mentioned on CC.

Otherwise I mostly agree with bonehead, and I’m annoyed because I didn’t see there was a second page until I had typed up my reply, lol.