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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't have a dog in this fight, but I am a tenured professor at an R1 who attended Swarthmore as an undergraduate. I have been in academia now for over 30 years, served on multiple university committees, chaired a department, presided over tenure cases, etc., etc.

A lot of posters don't have full knowledge of colleges and universities, or they make assumptions based upon their very limited personal experiences.

My take, and one that many other faculty would take, is to choose a college where your child will thrive and be happy. My preference for ambitious kids is to have them go to a top SLAC for undergraduate, and then a major university for graduate school. But, that is cancelled out if your child would really be happiest at a large school that offers a niche program or has big-time sports or is in a specific location. You really need to prioritize the needs and desires of the child that you have, and not whether your neighbor knows what an excellent school Amherst is.

One thing that no one here is bringing up, but highly relevant, is that the most well endowed SLACs are not going to be suffering from Trump's threats to cut federal funding. Because there is no major medical center or hundreds of science labs that rely on federal funds, day to day life at SLACs will not change much. OTOH, larger research universities, like mine, are terrified about our future. We are already cutting doctoral programs (because no funding), shutting down labs, stopping research, and not hiring even replacement faculty. If your child is looking to do STEM at a large university, think twice.

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Couldn’t agree more!
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Yes, this is all very well said.[/quote]

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