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[quote=Anonymous]The Vanderbilt study is why people claim this. Indeed, it found that professors send their kids to LACs at higher rate than the general population, and also at a higher rate than educated, wealthy non-academics.

Of course, there are some caveats to this. One, the effect was greater amongst LAC professors than research university professors, likely indicating that there is some “home” bias (you go with what you know). In fact, research professor kids were also more likely to go to research universities than the general population, with the difference being a lower share of kids going to community college, regional schools, etc.

Two, they oversurveyed professors in the northeast, and when they adjusted for regional differences the higher rate for research professor kids nearly evaporated (the LAC professor kids’ number shrunk too, but not as much). And when controlling for region, the rate of research professor kids going to research universities actually went up while the LAC number was going down.

In short, it’s complicated and people make decisions about college based on a lot of factors.[/quote]

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