A c a d e m i c  F a l l a c i e s

"Since a college's or university's academic prestige (unfortunately) depends primarily on its professor's research and publications, students will not ... get a better education at the more prestigious institutions with the higher paid faculty..."

"One of the biggest fallacies about academic institutions is that attendance at big-name colleges and universities is virtually essential for reaching the top later in life."

"The four institutions with the highest percentage of their undergraduates going on to receive PhDs are all small colleges, with less than 2,000 undergraduates ... Some have fewer than 1,000 students..."

"Of the chief executive officers of the 50 largest American corporations surveyed in 2006, only four had Ivy League degrees and just over half graduated from state colleges, city colleges, or a community college."

"Some, including Michael Dell and Bill Gates did not graduate at all!"*

*  Economic Facts and Fallacies by Dr. Thomas Sowell