Word: tiered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...competitive league, which features at least three realistic title contenders, the Crimson will have to work hard to separate itself from the second tier. But it has a strong legacy of achievement on which it's looking to build...
...study found that among schools in the top tuition tier, prestige was not a factor in determining graduates' salary...
Krueger took issue with the article because, he said, the Newsweek story disregarded the second part of his study, which looked at a wider range of schools, both top-tier and otherwise...
...study, "The Return to Attending a More Selective College: 1960 to the Present," Hoxby showed that attending a top-tier school does pay off in the long run. But Hoxby's definition of a top-tier school was more inclusive than that of Krueger and Dale--her top tier included their system's top three tiers...
Samuelson, who concentrated in government at Harvard in the mid-1960s, said he's not sure whether or not attending a top-tier college strongly affected his earnings after graduation...