DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: “What I would recommend to professors, postdocs and graduate students would be to shift the focus away from ‘brilliance’ and ‘genius’ and over to other traits — traits that are, in reality, better predictors of success — such as hard work and determination,” [Daniel Storage, a graduate student at Illinois and co-author of a study critiquing the popular Website RateMyProfessors] said. “It might harm women and African-Americans to talk about the ‘brilliant minds of the past’ and how ‘Einstein was a genius,’ but if instead we emphasize hard work as necessary for success, the cultural stereotype against the intelligence of these groups becomes irrelevant. This may lead to increased diversity across academia.”