It really is quite amazing to me that posters feel the need question the OPs motives, when she’s simply trying to bring awareness to a set of possibilities of which others might have little to no exposure.
Not that it matters, but I attended both UMi and UMd, both excellent institutions, and about as different from an LAC as you can get. And my FIL was a professor and administrator at a number of small LACs - so I’ve heard their merits and challenges repeatedly over the last 20 years. Nothing that the OP stated is incorrect - that doesn’t mean that LACs have a monopoly on those characteristics. There’s really no reason for anyone to be defensive in that regard. If you want to tout the potential benefits of another type of institution, start another thread.