tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post8470083157795466563..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Hurray for the little guySteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-67372862124603137632011-10-07T16:28:58.968-04:002011-10-07T16:28:58.968-04:00I'm not against using a balance between differ...I'm not against using a balance between different metrics. I just think it's funny that people (like US News) who do rankings have to do deliberate tweaking to keep HYP on top.steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-57935204737290561022011-10-07T16:24:51.995-04:002011-10-07T16:24:51.995-04:00Steve uses one extreme:
"...otherwise scho...Steve uses one extreme:<br /> "...otherwise schools with 50 or 100 thousand students would have a misleading advantage over smaller schools"<br />to advance his case for more 'per professor' normalization. But the other extreme is also illuminating:<br /> Is a university of one superstar really better than a faculty of 500 sub-superstars?<br />Any ranking must strike a Jeff Kolbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-11043880162891635172011-10-07T13:12:56.699-04:002011-10-07T13:12:56.699-04:00Harvard is out for Harvard. Caltech is working for...Harvard is out for Harvard. Caltech is working for the betterment of Mankind ;-)steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-56535233974936285592011-10-07T13:07:51.390-04:002011-10-07T13:07:51.390-04:00That statistic could be taken as evidence of the s...That statistic could be taken as evidence of the superiority of Harvard students; they're smart enough to know that a PhD is usually a lousy career choice! ;)Guy_Brodudenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-2416628719780123602011-10-07T12:54:26.359-04:002011-10-07T12:54:26.359-04:00Harvard is only #11 in the number of its undergrad...Harvard is only #11 in the number of its undergraduates per capita who go on to get math or science PhDs. Caltech is #1.<br />ref: http://moneywatch.bnet.com/spending/blog/college-solution/top-50-schools-that-produce-science-phds/2954/<br /><br />The argument could be made that Caltech's student is primarily composed of science and engineering types, but Harvard is also beaten by the Justin Loehttp://profiles.google.com/justinloenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-23067217138626006372011-10-07T00:39:55.524-04:002011-10-07T00:39:55.524-04:00Sam H's point is well-taken though; Harvard ha...Sam H's point is well-taken though; Harvard has such a massive endowment that they can afford to essentially buy world-class departments. Of course, they do so on the backs of their more successful alumni. And of the three most successful living Harvard alumni (with a combined net worth, I would imagine, in excess of the combined wealth of every other Harvard alumnus/a, living or dead), two Guy_Brodudenoreply@blogger.com