>>, found that equally smart students had about the same earnings whether or not they went to top-tier colleges.<<
I have to go with this. When I am looking at resume’s of new candidates, I look at the degrees themselves, not so much the college (I do want to make sure it is accredited). Whether it is a Harvard or Pepperdine vs Cal State or SUNY I don’t really care (no offense to Cal State or SUNY alumnae).
And I didn’t mean to make “resumes” a possessive. Just stream of consciousness, I guess...