professors

Finding value in the cultivation of knowledge

The cultivation of knowledge occurs right in the classroom when good professors are able to engage and connect with students. Simply put, a good or bad professor can make or break a subject for me.

David Cohen | Staff Columnist

The decline and future of tenure

Since 1975, according to the American Association of University Professors, there has been a continuous decline in the number of tenure and tenure-track positions at college and universities throughout the United States.

| Staff Columnist

More extensive course descriptions would benefit professors and students alike

The only official pieces of information available to all students when choosing classes are a short course description that rarely changes from year to year and numerical course evaluation scores. Other information comes from unreliable sources such as friends who have taken a class (sometimes from a totally different professor) and websites like ratemyprofessor.com.

| Staff Columnist

Professor Profile: Shane Seely

I think we can all agree that applying to college was stressful, with all of the application deadlines, fees, months of waiting and rejection notices. Professor Shane Seely knows this feeling all too well. While trying to get his first manuscript published, he sent it into countless poetry competitions, complete with those pesky deadlines and fees, and over four years of waiting and denials.

| Regular Features Editor

SU pushes ties with profs

Student Union is planning to roll out a new program to help build relationships between students and professors outside the classroom through various informal social events. Kady McFadden, chair of the Student Union (SU) Academic Affairs Committee, came up with the program, called “Meet the Prof.” It is still in its initial planning stages. McFadden […]

| Contributing Reporter

Rating the rankings: how useful is RateMyProfessors.com?

Sometimes a four-year academic adviser is just not enough, so when students register for classes, many consult the popular Web site RateMyProfessors.com.

| Scene Reporters

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