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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the SLACs offer a smaller environment and a more personalized education, don't they? You're not jostling with 100s for the attention of a professor. This is just going to suit some students better than others. [/quote]

Exactly. You pay for the handholding, like in pre-K [/quote]

Ah, I see what you did there

I went to a large state school, did well and enjoyed myself, but I can see the appeal of what PP described. It's someone actually caring (being paid to care?) about the student's experience. Sounds nice.
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At a SLAC you as an undergraduate are paying for faculty who teach.  At a research university, as an undergraduate, you are to a significant extent, paying for faculty to do research (or work with graduate students).[/quote]

The above post is inaccurate and overly simplistic.

Professors at National Universities are brilliant & accomplished and still involved in their discipline.

LAC profs have been put out to pasture as they are no longer productive and have no other choices than to teach at small rural schools or work at Starbucks dispensing coffee.[/quote]

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