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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If LACs are so great for research then why do most PhDs wand a job at an R1? Answer: because of the research opportunities there.[/quote]

A few questions:

Did you read the previous posts?  The ones that said I understood that research happens at research universities?  The one that said I disputed that R1 was necessary to do research, not that it had to be one or the other?

Did you read the link that most college professors send their kids to LACs?

Did you read the link that showed top LACs send a higher percentage of their kids to grad school than many R1s?

Do you know that not all PhDs want to teach -- but the ones that go to LACs know they must teach and go there because they love teaching?  Is that a bad quality for the people teaching your kids?[/quote]

I never said LACs don’t have research. Of course I think professor relationships with undergrads are important.

But it’s ridiculous to not see the benefits for some kids or having access to the resources of a research university. That’s why they’re called RESEARCH universities. [/quote]

Your post would be incredibly salient — if anyone had said they don’t see the benefits of an R1.

Unfortunately for you, no one did.

However your first point accents the other position of the actual discussion - that LACs have research also, and are therefore valuable to students seeking that -  so, thank you for that.[/quote]

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