I&#x27;m not U.S. based, so I don&#x27;t have a total understanding of the whole &quot;prestigious&quot; university vs. community college debate. However, I find it hard to believe that they teach basically the same thing.<p>I&#x27;d believe that their curricula are essentially the same, but that&#x27;s what&#x27;s &quot;on paper&quot;, so to speak. Even if they&#x27;re both accredited, wouldn&#x27;t better faculty lead to better teaching? Or better research programs and partnerships with industry? Even stricter requirements and evaluation criteria. If at least some of these aspects are true when talking about &quot;prestigious&quot; universities, then the bias you describe isn&#x27;t that bad of a heuristic.