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This is not a difficult concept to understand. Which university is known better worldwide, Harvard or Williams? Academic research brings academic prestige and reputation to the school.[b]why not simply learn from a high school teacher

[/b]And yes, a school with little research will have professors that generally aren't as capable in research terms. That doesn't mean they wouldn't be good educators, but at that point . Why do you need to learn from a Ph.D. professor?
Also schools with little research will have a lot of adjuncts, lecturers, etc. 
More research = more research professors = more interesting classes for undergrads, better TA's, better overall program foundation.

The flipside is most research universities might have larger class size, and in the case of UNC/UVA, UVA probably have a better population academically. [/quote]

This is the kind of reasoning college and university professors love.  It's what allows them to avoid teaching survey courses.  So, now, there are no survey courses in college curricula (except at a handful of schools still determined to provide an authentic liberal arts education); instead, professors get to teach elective courses on their exceedingly narrow research interests -- topics that could be covered adequately by reading a magazine article, as opposed to flogging the topic for 3 hours a week for 15 weeks.[/quote]

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