Received: from jhuml2.hcf.jhu.edu (jhuml2.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.87]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id GAA11946 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 06:23:04 -0600 (MDT) Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V5.0-7 #13870) id <01IKG00W3RQO96VQFJ@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu> for socgrad@csf.colorado.edu; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 08:22:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V5.0-7 #13870) id <01IKG00EEE2A95MSKJ@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu> for socgrad@csf.colorado.edu; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 08:21:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu id <1337-7>; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 08:21:09 -0400 Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 08:20:58 -0400 From: Thomas F Brown Subject: Re: problems w/hiring inquiry To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Message-id: <97Jun24.082109edt.1337-7@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT >I doubt that it can answer the >question, "All else being equal, what will the impact of the >institution that grants me my degree be on what sort of job I get >after I get this degree?" Baldi's article already answered exactly that question, with a much better data set than we could ever hope to collect in this context. Is there really any disagreement over the role of prestige in hiring decisions? The importance of this factor was demonstrated in Baldi and is completely supported by nearly every data point we've collected here.