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But at some point I wonder if private employers will start to recognize that Ivy grads are not as good hires as someone from, say, Grove City College or Georgia State.

I know something about Grove City College since I have friends and relatives enrolled there.

Some interesting info :

* Last year, 150 companies visited their campus (it's a small school with just 2,500 students) to hire their graduates.

* Over 90% of their graduates found jobs within 4 months of graduation.

* The school's students ranks second among all colleges surveyed by the ISI in terms of knowledge of civics and economics ( above most Ivies and second only to Harvard).

* Approximately 1 in 6 of the graduates for the past ten years own their own businesses (and small business are the ones that employ 80% of our workforce ).

* The school's tuition plus board and lodging is competitive with public universities ( recently $18,000 for board and lodging and tuition ). All freshmen students are given a laptop and color printer which is their's for free after graduation.

Yes, gcc is an excellent school. It’s an “old school” liberal arts college, by which I mean they teach English and history the way all good schools (including the Ivies) used to teach those subjects before trendy rot settled in.