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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do think LAC claims of "only being taught by professors" is nonsense. Who cares? I'd rather be taught by active, impressive researchers pushing the bounds of their field even if they are grad students. Why would I want some professor who couldn't get a tenure job at an R1 to teach me?[/quote]

Because many of those r1 instructors either don't want to be teaching undergrads or, in the case of grad students, have never done it.  It’s not that undergrads are the second priority to an actual university professor, they are the third, behind both research and grad students.

Most LACs have profs who are well published, usually with undergrads.  Educating the undergrads inside and out of the classroom is their #1 priority.

If the LAC model didn’t work better for so many students for research preparation, they wouldn’t outnumber universities in those schools with highest rates of PhD matriculation despite there being far fewer LACs. There are even some studies showing they are better prepared (need less time to complete those programs.)[/quote]

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