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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to a NESCAC but I can appreciate that if it is a large lecture class and you are getting the information elsewhere (reading the text book), it may not be the best use of your time to attend the class.  If they are ditching discussion classes, that does not speak well of their intellectual curiosity.  But my guess is they are ditching the large lecture classes that are major required.  
It’s funny because if you think back 100 or more years, it was totally expected that students would just learn this stuff on their own and then sit for tests to prove they had learned it.  The idea of sitting in a class to listen to someone lecture, if you already know the material, doesn’t really make much sense.  But if the class is about learning through discussion, that’s a different story.  [/quote]

You were supposed to pre-read material in order to facilitate discussion allowing you to benefit from the wisdom of the professor. Class time wasn't for base learning it was for deeper exploration. More about the 'why' than the 'what'.

As a student at a SLAC you received the benefits of a superior educational model built around small groups and discussion.

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