On a larger scale, I think this points out the flaws in using a school’s “reputation” to evaluate how qualified a given graduate may be. If employers and the general public no longer gave the Ivies the consideration they often get, then where someone goes to school would not matter in the end. But even with standardized testing, and other performance metrics, employers (and others such as graduate schools) always factor in an applicants’ schools’ “reputation” when considering the applicant. Even though time and time again, it’s been shown that the school does not make a difference, it is the individual. The primary way in which the school influences a person’s success is in the implicit bias everyone has about their perceived reputations.
You have to know that the employee learned what you want them to know though. Yeah, you can and will teach most of what they need to know, but you have to know the basics. Also, the reputation of the ivies is to know that you know the right people and have a pool to pull from. It’s a lot like being famous, it’s usually nepotism, wealthy helping other wealthies and they teach stuff you don’t learn at the other schools.
On a larger scale, I think this points out the flaws in using a school’s “reputation” to evaluate how qualified a given graduate may be. If employers and the general public no longer gave the Ivies the consideration they often get, then where someone goes to school would not matter in the end. But even with standardized testing, and other performance metrics, employers (and others such as graduate schools) always factor in an applicants’ schools’ “reputation” when considering the applicant. Even though time and time again, it’s been shown that the school does not make a difference, it is the individual. The primary way in which the school influences a person’s success is in the implicit bias everyone has about their perceived reputations.
You have to know that the employee learned what you want them to know though. Yeah, you can and will teach most of what they need to know, but you have to know the basics. Also, the reputation of the ivies is to know that you know the right people and have a pool to pull from. It’s a lot like being famous, it’s usually nepotism, wealthy helping other wealthies and they teach stuff you don’t learn at the other schools.