Cambridge University student on “elite” educations of members of Congress

[Anonymous]

This is an interesting research paper for many reasons, but I thought its compilation of which schools are “elite” at the undergraduate, law and business levels would be fun to share and for everyone to argue with.

A few quick observations about undergraduate schools.

1. Not a single state school is considered “elite” at the undergraduate level. UVA, Berkeley, Michigan, UCLA, UNC and Texas are only considered elite at the grad level.

2. Notre Dame is elite at the undergrad level, but Georgetown and Vanderbilt are not. Only their law schools are considered elite.

3. Grinnell and Carleton are the only elite liberal arts colleges in the Midwest — none of the Ohio (Oberlin, Denison, Kenyon) is considered elite.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/on-the-decline-of-eliteeducated-republicans-in-congress/B50B628CA9CCC799A0D86D9496EA3F6F

[Anonymous]

Sorry - I mean “study” on the title of this thread — not “student.”

[Anonymous]

Your summary mentions nothing about members of congress. How do they fit in

[Anonymous]

Everyone's favorite Vandy is only rate "elite" by Cambridge for its law school - not its undergrad.

How did Smith and Vassar make the cut as elite for undergrad, but not Barnard?

Good to see WashU. Where are Emory, NYU and Tufts?

[Anonymous]

Here's how they decided what to label as elite:

"We build on the coding protocol used by Wai (Wai2013) in his study of American high achievers and leaders, which focused on the test scores of median students as reported in the 2013 US News and World Report Rankings (where the median student at elite schools scored in the top percentile of all test takers). Because our data on members of Congress go further back than 2013, and because test score medians are not reported in many earlier years, we modified Wai’s approach. After determining that Wai’s list corresponded most closely to the “top 20” colleges and universities in the overall US News rankings, we identified every top 20 college and university in those rankings between 1987 and 2009, the top 20 law schools between 1987 and 2003, and the top 20 business schools between 1991 and 2009 (business schools were not ranked in the 1980s). We then labeled as “elite” any educational institution that was in the top 20 for more than 75% of such rankings."

[Anonymous]

This is actually pretty striking:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone's favorite Vandy is only rate "elite" by Cambridge for its law school - not its undergrad.

How did Smith and Vassar make the cut as elite for undergrad, but not Barnard?

Good to see WashU. Where are Emory, NYU and Tufts?

No Georgetown undergrad is interesting.

[Anonymous]

Tea party movement really had an impact on Rs elected to senate and house. Their elite education level really started to plummet with the rise of the tea party/MAGA movement.

Meanwhile house Dems increased their election of elite education (big exceptions being Biden/Harris ticket in 2020).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is an interesting research paper for many reasons, but I thought its compilation of which schools are “elite” at the undergraduate, law and business levels would be fun to share and for everyone to argue with.

A few quick observations about undergraduate schools.

1. Not a single state school is considered “elite” at the undergraduate level. UVA, Berkeley, Michigan, UCLA, UNC and Texas are only considered elite at the grad level.

2. Notre Dame is elite at the undergrad level, but Georgetown and Vanderbilt are not. Only their law schools are considered elite.

3. Grinnell and Carleton are the only elite liberal arts colleges in the Midwest — none of the Ohio (Oberlin, Denison, Kenyon) is considered elite.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/on-the-decline-of-eliteeducated-republicans-in-congress/B50B628CA9CCC799A0D86D9496EA3F6F

lol who gives 2 ****

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone's favorite Vandy is only rate "elite" by Cambridge for its law school - not its undergrad.

How did Smith and Vassar make the cut as elite for undergrad, but not Barnard?

Good to see WashU. Where are Emory, NYU and Tufts?

No Georgetown undergrad is interesting.

and appropriate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is an interesting research paper for many reasons, but I thought its compilation of which schools are “elite” at the undergraduate, law and business levels would be fun to share and for everyone to argue with.

A few quick observations about undergraduate schools.

1. Not a single state school is considered “elite” at the undergraduate level. UVA, Berkeley, Michigan, UCLA, UNC and Texas are only considered elite at the grad level.

2. Notre Dame is elite at the undergrad level, but Georgetown and Vanderbilt are not. Only their law schools are considered elite.

3. Grinnell and Carleton are the only elite liberal arts colleges in the Midwest — none of the Ohio (Oberlin, Denison, Kenyon) is considered elite.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/on-the-decline-of-eliteeducated-republicans-in-congress/B50B628CA9CCC799A0D86D9496EA3F6F

That Grinnell is elite and the Ohio schools aren’t is obviously true. DCUM equates them but nobody else does.

[Anonymous]

This is not a study put out by the University of Cambridge. It appeared in a journal that is published by Cambridge University Press. Big difference.

[Anonymous]

most wasteful post in a long time!

[Anonymous]

Adam Schiff & Cory Booker have great educational credentials, & you couldn’t find two bigger imbeciles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Adam Schiff & Cory Booker have great educational credentials, & you couldn’t find two bigger imbeciles.

I wish the maga morons would identify themselves so I can treat their posts with the attention they deserve