USNWR 2009: Looking at the Top Strata IV (Year of Founding)

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It’s not so much why didn’t some of the older schools catch on, but why some of these newer schools became so influential so quickly relative to the rest of the pack.

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<p>Geography (relative paucity of good schools nearby), good management, and lots and lots of money from their gazillionaire benefactors helped UChicago and Stanford leap to the top</p>