Argus editorial - couple of quotes

[jackrabit1]

Re: Argus editorial - couple of quotes

A few of you mentioned the quality professors at SDSU. I think the personal attention of professors is one of the things we're selling to students here. They can go to Iowa, where they'll spend most of their first three years with graduate assistants. There's nothing wrong with that, and grad assistants can be great teachers. But the experience that students at SDSU get, working closely with people like Bob Burns, is what makes the place special. That emphasis on teaching, frankly, is one reason why I came back. You won't find that emphasis at all in places like OU or Purdue (not to say there aren't great teachers there, but they're not rewarded for it or encouraged to do it like they are here.)

I think in marketing SDSU to prospective students, some of those differences between places like SDSU and, for example, the massive and impersonal University of Minnesota, should be emphasized. It's not just 'you can go anywhere from here' it's that you'll find professors here who will help you figure out where you want to go.

I think you hit the nail on the head right there... Most professors in the "prestige" institutions probably wouldn't even bother with undergrad classes, more concerned with graduate classes and research. But at State, you get to talk with those great professors in class, not just a grad assistant. I especially enjoyed getting into intellecutal conversations with "Fritz" Gritzner and John Miller as an undergrad... how many students in "prestige" institutions can claim the same with their professors?

[jackmd]

Re: Argus editorial - couple of quotes

(As a professor, I have to say I hear more and more of that sort of uninformed opinion on all manner of topics. Students feel, for some reason, empowered to express what they 'think' they know without supporting their opinions with facts. And if they do encounter facts that dispute their opinions, they discount them as "biased" in some way. It's really a very frightening situation. For many of these kids, facts are lies because they don't support the half-baked opinions they've told they have a right to express. Ugh.)

God do I want to take this the political route and replace "students" with a word that starts with r and ends with n.  Did I cross any lines, 89?

[89rabbit]

Re: Argus editorial - couple of quotes

Easy.