Staff reporter Luke Petersen breaks down The Daily Pennsylvanian’s analysis of the distribution of undergraduate professors’ alma maters, with professors more likely to attend Ivy League schools than United States public universities.
Reporting by Luke Petersen
Footage by Kathryn Ye, Christina Le, and Ben Sheffield
Editing by Ben Sheffield
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