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I agree. But what makes it first rate? Are academics better at Yale than the U of Miami or Susquehanna University? What makes them better? The students who attend? The faculty? The library? What if the entire Yale faculty switched places with the faculty at Kutztown State U? Then which school would offer the superior academic experience? Which school would you send your child to? </p>
<p>Think about it. If the faculty is not determinative then our children would get just as good an education at Yale, even with every class taught by Kutztown State professors, correct? But if the faculty is the most important factor, we should send our kids to Kutztown State after all the Yale professors switch places with their counterparts at Kutztown State, right?</p>