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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For some students, access to graduate departments--and the requisite research opportunities and opportunity to build connections with professors who are leaders in their fields--doesn't matter because it doesn't align with their career goals, but for others it's really important.[/quote]

The flaw in your logic is the assumption that professors at LACs aren't doing research.  They are; and in fact at an LAC there are no grad students competing for the positions working with them.  So the situation you mention is the opposite of the fact.  You will likely form better relationships with your professors and have a better chance at a research position (key for grad school) if you are at an LAC.

Dig all the LACs on this list:

https://collegematchus.com/ranking-the-colleges-top-colleges-that-feed-alumni-into-grad-school-programs/

And then check out this article:

[i]The children of professors are far more likely to attend liberal arts colleges than other parents. Children of university faculty are about twice as likely to select liberal arts college than children of parents earning more than $100,000 a year.[/i]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/where-professors-send-their-children-to-college/

So much wrong in this thread.  If you are new to the college process, please disregard all the stupid comments here and do your own research.[/quote]

I'm not new to the college process. However, I used to be in academia, my sister is in academia now, and my husband works in higher ed administration. So I know a little something about academic research.

Of course professors at LACs still do research; however, it's just a fact that, generally speaking, they have a higher teaching load and less time for research than most professors at R1 research universities. [/quote]

I think you have it backwards.  What is most valuable for many undergraduates is doing a self-directed research project that is mentored by faculty.  Faculty who are spending time on their own research projects (rather than on instruction) have less time to provide this type of support.   These projects are useful  to students in graduate school and job applications. [/quote]

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