A Blatant Case of Prejudice!

I've instructed hundreds of companies on how to write job ads.
I've written or corrected thousands of job ads.
I've never seen an ad as blatantly prejudice as this on found on CollegeRecruiter.com:

Job Description

Autonomy is expanding rapidly and looking to hire top quality Sales Engineers throughout the US. Candidates would be virtual/home office based or report out of one of our offices in San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta, Boston, or New York City. Come join a dynamic and talented team and a company that is fast growing.
Sales Engineers work with Sales Account Managers to effectively communicate Autonomy's capabilities and how they translate to prospective customer's needs. This is achieved through both verbal presentation skills and technical demonstrations.

Autonomy is the acknowledged leader in the rapidly growing area of Meaning Based Computing (MBC). Founded in 1996 and utilizing a unique combination of technologies borne out of research at Cambridge University, the company has experienced a meteoric rise. Traded on the London Stock Exchange, Autonomy currently has a market capitalization of over $5.5 billion with offices worldwide.

Responsibilities:
• -Understand prospective customer's goals and map these to our product's capabilities and strengths
• Build customized demonstrations
• -Architect and build pilot systems for prospective customer’s
• Respond to technical RFI’s & RFP’s (Request For Information/Request For Proposals)
• Travel domestically (~50% travel in your given geography)
Requirements:
• A degree in computer science or engineering from one of the following highly regarded university (Applications will only be considered from graduates of the following schools):
o Princeton University in New Jersey
o Harvard University in Massachusetts
o Yale University in Connecticut

o California Institute of Technology

o Massachusetts Institute of Technology

o Stanford University in California

o University of Pennsylvania

o Dartmouth College in New Hampshire

o Columbia University in New York

o Cornell University in New York

o Brown University in Rhode Island

o University of California at Berkeley

o Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania.


• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• The ability to work as part of a close-knit, worldwide team of Sales Engineers
• Time management skills in a dynamic sales environment
• The flexibility to switch gears quickly from one assignment to the next
• Familiarity with at least one of the following operating systems: Windows NT, Linux, and Solaris
• Demonstrable knowledge of HTML, XML, and Java or C/C++
• A strong desire to learn and become an expert on some of the most powerful and exciting enterprise software on the market

Desired Skills:
• Previous experience working in a customer-facing role
• Experience with web servers such as Microsoft IIS, Apache, and Netscape
• Experience with database technology such as Microsoft SQL and Oracle
• Knowledge of Perl, Python, JavaScript, UNIX shell scripting, or .NET


Education
Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering. Applications will only be considered from graduates of the following schools:
o Princeton University in New Jersey
o Harvard University in Massachusetts
o Yale University in Connecticut

o California Institute of Technology

o Massachusetts Institute of Technology

o Stanford University in California

o University of Pennsylvania

o Dartmouth College in New Hampshire

o Columbia University in New York

o Cornell University in New York

o Brown University in Rhode Island

o University of California at Berkeley

o Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania 

To See the ad click here if it still exists:
http://collegerecruiter.com/page/job-details?j=7.2934&utm_source=Indeed&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Indeed

In this company's defense, I've seen disclaimers from other companies that have said they won't discriminate against applicants because they did NOT go to college, however I've never seen any disclaimer saying a candidate won't be discriminated because of WHERE they went to college. Some degrees are only taught at certain colleges. I can understand targeting graduates of those schools, however are computer science and the other degrees in the ad THAT much better at those schools than others (okay maybe MIT)?
UW-Whitewater has been called the "Harvard of the Midwest." Does that mean I can apply to this job?

Thanks!
Ev"A Heck of A Nice Guy" who went to a great state school in Wisconsin. Go Whitewater WARHAWKS!