Assistant professors at higher ranked vs lower ranked universities

RacinReaver
Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:27:27 +0000

A large part of it is not only publications, but is the field sexy, is their research unique, will it compliment the department’s strengths, will it bring notoriety to the school, how much will it cost to build their facilities, and will it bring in a lot of money.

A professor with cheap lab facilities (requires a small start-up grant) but can bring in large amounts of money and make high profile publications is probably the best combination for tenure at big name schools.