How did Yale end up so weak in science?

JHS
Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:09:19 +0000

Asking why Yale is weak in the sciences is like asking why Penn State is weak in football. It hasn’t won a national championship lately, but it’s a fearsomely good football program, and excellent preparation for a professional football career, with many successful graduates. I don’t think that any college football player thinks he would suffer because of Penn State’s football “weakness” if he decided to go there.

Penn State also has the dominant women’s volleyball team in the country. But that doesn’t mean that Penn State decided to concentrate on women’s volleyball to the exclusion of football.