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<blockquote data-quote="drwillini" data-source="post: 1213019" data-attributes="member: 7762"><p>I get your point, but I think a deeper inspection is worthwhile. I have always thought it would be an interesting MS thesis for somebody to do a correlation analysis of university degrees. My hypothesis would be that conference affiliation was a stronger effect than geographical proximity. I think Ivy league BS grads are more likely to go to Ivy grad school. I think more BIG BS grads get grad degrees at BIG schools. (I can personally vouch anecdotally for the connection between Purdue and Illinois) I think SEC and ACC degrees are correlated. </p><p></p><p>Academic networking is the prime factor, and it is a bit more subtle than directly collaborative research. Also anecdotally, I can tell you that in the automotive industry most engineering meetings in the fall begin with pleasantries about the most recent BIG football games. Can't measure it, but that doesn't mean its not important.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drwillini, post: 1213019, member: 7762"] I get your point, but I think a deeper inspection is worthwhile. I have always thought it would be an interesting MS thesis for somebody to do a correlation analysis of university degrees. My hypothesis would be that conference affiliation was a stronger effect than geographical proximity. I think Ivy league BS grads are more likely to go to Ivy grad school. I think more BIG BS grads get grad degrees at BIG schools. (I can personally vouch anecdotally for the connection between Purdue and Illinois) I think SEC and ACC degrees are correlated. Academic networking is the prime factor, and it is a bit more subtle than directly collaborative research. Also anecdotally, I can tell you that in the automotive industry most engineering meetings in the fall begin with pleasantries about the most recent BIG football games. Can't measure it, but that doesn't mean its not important. [/QUOTE]
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