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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are making many poster's points. Faculty who are required to publish and get grants or lose their job, while teaching hundreds of students at a time, are under tremendous pressure. That translates into less time for students and less patience with teens who are still pretty wet behind the ears.

This is much less true for schools that stake their reputations on providing quality undergraduate experiences. It's just a different universe, with a different reward structure for faculty.

I am a researcher, who trained at Johns Hopkins, and I am constantly blown away by the experience my DC is having as an undergraduate at a second tier SLAC. One professor had his History of Cooking class over for dinner with his family to celebrate the end of the quarter, another took the Wildlife Society  out "herping" (searching for reptiles and amphibians) on a Saturday night in the spring, they write numerous letters of recommendations for internships, read over important essays in advance of submitting applications, etc etc.

It has been a real eye opener. [/quote]

New poster. Thank you, PP. You are giving a strong argument in favor of LACs/SLACs that focus on the undergraduate experience only. My DD is a freshman at a SLAC and the experience -- in just the semester and a half she's been on campus, cut short by the pandemic -- has been what you describe above. Professors are so very engaged with students there and students are seen and respected as individuals. I'm glad your own DC is having an excellent experience too.

I think many parents and high schoolers just do not understand that liberal arts colleges are not merely smaller institutions. Many parents and students don't quite get that LACs that do not have graduate programs are much better able to give undergraduates real attention and that can translate into a better educational experience.[/quote]

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