It’s LAC, not SLAC

MegaZeroX
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 02:09:25 +0000

I’m necroing this thread, but I want to get my two cents in.

I’ve used SLAC for like a decade at this point (with the “s” for “small”, and pronouncing it like “slack”). While the “small” may be mostly redundant, I don’t think its a bad thing, it is just emphasizing the quality. If you talk to someone that doesn’t know anything about colleges, at least saying “small liberal arts college” can convey the smallness idea. Really though “liberal arts college” itself is kind of an unfortunate name that isn’t really meaningful on its own. Maybe a better acronym would be SPUI (Small Primarily Undergraduate Institution) but alas I don’t get to name things.