Why Does the U.S. Have the Best Research Universities? Incentives, Resources, and Virtuous Circles

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Dec, 2020
#Education #Research

Miguel Urquiola

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Yann LeCun @ylecun · Aug 25, 2022

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Interesting paper on the reasons for the increasing dominance of American research universities iver the 20th century. TL;DR: tenure and competition for talents. [But I would argue that many European countries have better undergraduate education systems]