Post <blockquote>The college system is one of the most attractive aspects of Oxford for a load of reasons that haven't been mentioned here. Yes, it detracts from 'hallway conversations' so perhaps we should abolish it. Hallway conversations but also opportunities to interact with some of the great academics there. Imagine being an early career scholar working on democracy and working in a department with Nancy Bermeo, Giovanni Capoccia, and Ben Ansell as well as a few other great scholars but never really interacting with any of them. You could set up meeting to chat, but you're not going to have the same opportunities to get to know them that you might if you were at a top US alternative. That shows how undergrad-teaching-dominated the whole set up is for APs at a ugrad college. yeah, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's just a different focus from US research unis where the focus is absolutely focused on grads. Oxford generally gives their grads more room to do their thing, which most Americans see as a bad thing, but is really just a manifestation of different academic cultures. I've not known too many Oxford DPhils who complain that often about it, honestly. It's great for the undergrads, obviously. Still, I'm definitely on the side of limiting cohort sizes and giving more attention to grads, but don't think they should give up the quality of undergrad instruction there.</blockquote>

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