I do research at Penn State at Innovation Park. I did BA and MA there too. I’m looking to move near the borough again or pursue PhD elsewhere (don’t want to do it all at one university). I work with mainly data people and almost everyone in my department are conservatives, actually!
I taught in the Ag Economics Dept. Love the area...
Where else could they put Beaver Stadium in Happy Valley and not realize the alternate meaning?
Of the 15 PhD candidates in Ag Econ,not one was USA born. That was in the 1990’s.
It used to be wise to switch Universities for your PhD. I’m not sure that is true anymore. The real key is finding good faculty in the research area of your choice.