[chrisseaton]

> The money you pay for tuition really isn't going into a better education, it's maintaining the illusion that draws big names as both students and professors, and all the networking opportunities that then manifest as better outcomes for graduates.

Good professors, students, and networking makes a good education though, so yes it is really going to a better education.

[zdragnar]

Nah, that's just nepotism. What you learn (i.e. what is on the syllabus) is very much a secondary factor in terms of the actual value you get out of it, at least compared to a decent state school.

Some of the best professors I've had in terms of actually learning things were in tiny departments that had no networking capabilities worth speaking of in terms of post-graduation economic success.

[dehrmann]

Nit: big name professors aren't necessarily good professors, especially if they got got their name through research.