Teaching quality

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are great professors and not-so-great professors at every college.

This is the answer.

+1. There’s a reason that Rate My Professor has existed for 20 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which colleges have good teaching? Any professor that stands out for their teaching?
Was this college one you attended or did you hear about the college and or professor from someone else?

I graduated 30 years ago so it's not applicable. According to my son at UMD, mostly good, but generally have to work through heavy accents. Posters will claim to be experts on multiple schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/undergraduate-teaching?_sort=rank&_sortDirection=asc

There’s a separate list for LACs.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges/undergraduate-teaching?_sort=rank&_sortDirection=asc

[Anonymous]

It's a trade off, but generally yes liberal arts schools will have better teachers. That's because the professors that want to spend their time doing research and only teaching one or two upper level classes are at bigger R1 type institutions. The faculty at liberal arts schools are doing waaaaay less research and less scholarship generally and way more teaching. That generally attracts a different skill set and passion. There are exceptions of course.

[Anonymous]

Interestingly, of the three lists (Best Classroom Experience, Best Undergrad Teaching [R1], Best Undergrad Teaching [LAC]), these are the five schools that show up twice:

Grinnell
Reed
St. John's (MD)
St. Olaf
Wellesley

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Prediction Review considers the slightly broader concept of "Best Classroom Experience":

https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/?rankings=best-classroom-experience

There's also a list for "Colleges with the Best Professors" https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=professors-get-high-marks

These are based on student surveys

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Prediction Review considers the slightly broader concept of "Best Classroom Experience":

https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/?rankings=best-classroom-experience

There's also a list for "Colleges with the Best Professors" https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=professors-get-high-marks

These are based on student surveys

And "Most Accessible Professors" https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/?rankings=most-accessible-professors

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s teaching quality but I’m most interested in learning quality. Some public colleges insist that students seek out the resources needed. Classroom interaction is not as important when lectures are recorded while attendance at office hours and labs is critical for success.

So, paying $80k+ for office hours? Don't "tutors" cost a lot less than attending $80k+ school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interestingly, of the three lists (Best Classroom Experience, Best Undergrad Teaching [R1], Best Undergrad Teaching [LAC]), these are the five schools that show up twice:

Grinnell
Reed
St. John's (MD)
St. Olaf
Wellesley

Oh crunchy 100k$ Reed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which colleges have good teaching? Any professor that stands out for their teaching?
Was this college one you attended or did you hear about the college and or professor from someone else?

Every college has great teachers, awful teachers, and inbetween teachers. The kids look at their ratings online, and choose accordingly. Anyone who tells you xx college only has wonderful teachers is full of it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are great professors and not-so-great professors at every college.

This is the answer.

+1
Pretty sure I know exactly who started this thread.

[Anonymous]

Elon is listed numero uno.
Some say yes it is correct they should be.
But no one can say why?
What's different about Elon?

[Anonymous]

A list from a college counselor survey:

https://www.collegexpress.com/lists/list/the-experts-choice-the-best-undergraduate-education/658/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interestingly, of the three lists (Best Classroom Experience, Best Undergrad Teaching [R1], Best Undergrad Teaching [LAC]), these are the five schools that show up twice:

Grinnell
Reed
St. John's (MD)
St. Olaf
Wellesley

For Princeton Review, the student survey lists are in the public section. Their actual ratings are a bit different, and use both surveys and additional info, but are in the passwd protected section. They also have written descriptions there for each school, similar to Fiske. The good news is the passwd section is free. We found it one of the most useful references.

[Anonymous]

The most general Princeton Review ranking may be 'Their Students Love These Colleges":

https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/?rankings=their-students-love-these-colleges