<p>“It’s OK in the sciences, but with no truly top-ranked programs.”</p>
<p>I asked this a while ago and still haven’t gotten a convincing answer: If high-ranking programs, cutting-edge research, and Nobel laureates galore are necessary to get a great undergrad education, how do you explain the top LAC’s giving what most people agree are as-good-if-not-better-than-Ivy undergrad educations? In other words, the faculty at a place like CWRU probably isn’t as glitzy as those at HYPMSCCP, but wouldn’t they be every bit as sharp and accomplished as the profs at leading LACs?</p>