Ask HN: Does an academic's reputation depends on the uni they graduated or teach
I ask this in the context of deciding the "worth" of authors of textbooks. What I mean is if someone got PhD in tier 2 uni but is prof at tier 1 like Ivy League in US, is he deemed "better" than the opposite, that is PhD from tier 1 but prof in tier 2? With no other info about authors I base my judgement on this fact so want to know your opinion.
(Some authors would have graduated from European uni that I have never heard of, outside Gottingen, Oxford, Cambridge, but would be teaching at tier 1/2 US uni so it becomes very hard to judge, but I imagine European uni teach better so give higher weightage lol) It is rare for the tier 2 graduate to make it into tier 1, but if they do they are super exceptional and stand out. Is this wrt USA? In India its not particularly a rule. Yes, from the perspective of someone who works at an Ivy. Not so much as the people are biased but as how the competition is so very fierce. I’ve got no idea of how it is in India. Ah, India, the average undergrad there is in top 20% worldwide source: my experience.