<p>Of course they recruit at these schools. These schools enroll many of the students who were at the top of the distribution when they graduated high school. This says nothing about how these students do when they go to less prestigious engineering programs.</p>
<p>Sarcasm is not a response to careful, detailed, peer-reviewed studies.</p>
<p>The economics literature is based on facts, not unsupported declarations of authority. Tenure committees care much more about the former than the latter.</p>
<p>Dale and Kreuger, NBER working paper 7322.</p>