Why choose a research university?

PBailey
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:29:07 +0000

Sorry for not including a disclaimer (i could have sworn i did). Well, it’s controversial, but yeah, I think that LACs have better ones. As far as I understand it, here are the arguments:

For research unis:
Well, duh, cutting edge research is done here. Lots of research, lots of labs, lots of equipment.

For LACs:

1. research unis have lots of grad students that perform the research, not the undergrads.

2. many disciplines don’t need super modern and powerful equipment for research.