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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From what I've learned over the past decade in academia, it's that you probably get a better education in middle tier schools. At top schools, the professors are 90% focused on publishing and they put very little into teaching. They either go through the motions or have their TA do everything. It was pretty shocking to me to learn how terrible "great" professors are at actually teaching their students. [/quote]

Depends on the "top" school and the professor. You can't generalize like this. My freshman kid at a "top" school took a class with a world class economist this semester, and even when the guy was away at conferences he Skyped into the class. If you work in economics (as I do), you'd most definitely recognize the name. Yes, most classes at this "top" school have weekly tutorials run by a TA, but the professors teach the classes.[/quote]
Actually, I am an economist and I think our profession is one of the worst. That professor is absolutely an anomaly.[/quote]

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