In OP’s case, do you think that Amherst College is sending their students to a National University, UMass at Amherst, to do “manual work, from cleaning up to feeding animal research subject” ?
If so, then why even consider Amherst College for neuroscience research ?
If not, then your assertions in post #35 above are discredited.
P.S. Not even one of the top 30 schools listed in my post #29 above is an LAC. And the research expenditures for these top 30 National Universities are massive in terms of dollar amounts.