<p>Well, the comments – both of them – had to do mainly with whether the volume of published research was a valid way of judging a faculty’s quality; I don’t think anyone disputed the methodology. And, that’s fair enough. I certainly wouldn’t want to compare little Wesleyan to the University of Michigan. 
As to whether the figures would hold true today, I suppose, that’s anyone’ guess. But, I don’t think it’s beyond the realm of speculation to say, that Wesleyan has more of a university feel to it than Vassar.</p>