What Makes Stenford Special?

zenkoan
Mon, 17 May 2010 17:00:53 +0000

^I’ve heard both, and I think the Princeton West comparison is perhaps the more apt since Stanford and Princeton both have excellent undergraduate teaching, and both are situated within upscale suburban enclaves. On the other hand, Stanford is really sui generis in many ways. It offers all the educational excellence of the Ivies without the backward-looking fustiness or institutional inertia–it has the most progressive, future-focused sensibility. All this, and a fantastic climate, too.