<p>BrownParent, that is so blatantly not true, I have to respond. Take a look at the list of math faculty at Brown: [Brown</a> University Mathematics Department](<a href=“http://www.math.brown.edu/faculty/faculty.html]Brown”>http://www.math.brown.edu/faculty/faculty.html)
Not a single one of the professors got their PhD at Brown. There is one lecturer in the department, who did earn a PhD at Brown. I don’t know the details at Brown but typically a lecturer is teaching full time for less than half the salary of the professors with no research support and no job security. People who take these jobs usually do so because they weren’t able to get a professor job, or else sometimes for personal reasons (eg spouse cannot relocate). Please don’t give this young man the impression that he can just waltz into a math professorship after getting a PhD at Brown.</p>