<p>tk21769 - that sort of goes back to my original objection to the overall study. The first listing of colleges and universities is certainly consistent with what we’ve all come to accept as the conventional wisdom: that there really is no huge advantage either way when it comes to which type of baccalaureate institution produces the most Ph.Ds.</p>
<p>The problem is with the second set of “rankings” where for the sake of inspection, the authors break out a subset of universities and LACs. My objection was (and, to some extent still is) that 1) the study was not designed to make those determinatons, and, 2) it’s a little unfair to draw conclusions about Amherst without knowing how Dartmouth, Wesleyan, Tufts, Brown, and other schools known for the quality of their undergraduates – but not necessarily for their NRC ranked Ph.D programs did in comparison.</p>