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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The top LACs are ranked too low. Their methodology favor larger research-oriented universities. Schools like Amherst, Williams, Pomona should all be in the top 20, not just barely behind.  [/quote]

The methodology doesn't really take into account whether professors can teach and are incented to do so.  It is more about how much money, how many professors, research papers per professor.  Finance per student (11%) can be influenced by having a medical school and doing lots of research.  Both have little to do with teaching and research is really an alternative use of time to teaching, so it can be negative.  Faculty per student (11%) doesn't capture what the faculty are doing.  They can be doing research or advising graduate students.  Neither helps undergraduates.  Research papers per faculty (8%) -- again, research is an alternative use of time and energy to teaching and engaging with undergraduates.  Metrics like this fuel the Academic-Industrial complex and ultimately help run up $1.6T in student debt.  
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