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There was no such premise put forth, rjk. Read carefully. No one said that. Or at least I didn’t. Take any logic courses lately? LOL.</p>
<p>The idea that being highly ranked as a graduate program will make a difference in the undergrad teaching to the vast majority of students, especially in a program like business but pretty much in general, makes little sense. The typical undergrad might be able to take one or two grad level courses in a typical 4 year program, and virtually all decent research universities offer plenty to choose from. As far as doing research, most undergrads except for a very special few are just trying to learn how grad level research is really done. It doesn’t matter at that stage if the work being done is likely to win the Nobel Prize or not, the student will get a great deal out of the experience. Grad school is a completely different story. And this is Econ and Poli Sci we are talking here, not quantum physics.</p>