September 5, 2003

Let Them Teach at Stanford

By STANLEY FISH

When a public university hires 'rock star professors,' do undergraduates benefit?

Upon hearing that the University of Illinois at Chicago was luring high-profile (and high-priced) faculty members away from the University of Chicago, the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Michigan and other prestigious institutions, State Sen. Steve Rauschenberger, an Illinois Republican, exclaimed, "Let them teach at Stanford!"

What he meant by this update of Marie Antoinette was

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