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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Way back in the 20th Century my husband took Professor Jones's class at Princeton.  He remembers Jones fondly, but was astonished to learn that he is still teaching.  DH also noted that even when Jones was in his prime, there was no way the class average on a midterm would have been 30%, as the NYT reports it was for Jones's class at NYU last spring.   DH's guess is that 60-70% would have been more likely.  Our two sons, both of whom have taken organic chemistry within the past five years (one is now a med student and the other is now applying to med school) opined that a professor whose students are averaging 30% on the second of two midterms is not a very good teacher.  I tend to agree with them.[/quote]

There's a huge flaw in your argument: you're assuming the quality of the student pool at Princeton and NYU is the same. No dog in this fight, but I know a couple of young people who were admitted to NYU in the past five years and let's just say that if the student pools are even remotely equivalent, then those admissions were clear aberrations.[/quote]

It’s also flawed to say a 50 yo professor and an 85 yo professor who is design with new technology are equally effective [/quote]

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