<p>NYTimes: You Don't Go to Harvard For The Teaching </p>
<p>"Its well known that there are many other colleges where students are much more satisfied with their academic experience [than they are at Harvard]"</p>
<p>"The nations leading research universities have been looking for ways to better balance research and teaching for the past decade. Some institutions, like Yale and Princeton, are known for their commitment to both."</p>
<p>hmm, link is broken.</p>
<p>The article basically summarizes what is common knowledge about teaching at harvard. Being harvard, the university obviously attracts a lot of the most brilliant minds out there. As my host explained to me at prefrosh visiting weekend, there's generally a trade off between being a great researcher and a great teacher. That is, the better a researcher your professor is and the more he's innovating in his field, the less time he/she has to devote to teaching. (Unfortunately?) Harvard attracts a lot of the best researchers in the world, and if the article is true, seems to encourage research more than teaching. </p>
<p>If you're looking for an intimate academic experience, you probably shouldn't go to harvard. If you're looking to be taught by some of the most brilliant people anywhere, it's certainly not a bad choice. Duh.</p>