<p>Fair enough.</p>
<p>I never said anything about Princeton. I have expansive respect for the school.</p>
<p>I do, however, have problems with schools touting big-name professors, especially if they weren’t academics. This happens at all schools, including Stanford. While it might have been cool to take a class from Al Gore, that’s no guarantee that one actually learns something, especially considering it’s almost guaranteed that he isn’t grading your papers, etc. Stanford professor William Perry, former Defense Secretary, has a reputation of being a poor teacher. </p>
<p>It’s the teaching quality, rather than the star power that matters.</p>