| There are good and bad professors at every U and LAC, even the most elite ones. Generally speaking, there is a greater risk to encounter a professor who sees teaching as a nuisance at a research U than at LAC, since Us tend to hire their faculty more based on their research potential than teaching ability.
I have a child at Swarthmore, and I was amazed to see to what degree the students are involved in the process of hiring of new faculty members. |