Anonymous wrote:This survey-based site, which includes schools such as Reed, Claremont McKenna and Hamilton, offers a ranking for "best classroom experience":

Best Colleges for Classroom Experience | The Princeton Review https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/?rankings=best-classroom-experience

This is another Princeton Review list worth checking out.

https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/?rankings=professors-get-high-marks

This is a reason I continue to cheerlead for my alma mater, Wake Forest. Yes, it is ridiculously expensive these days (hoping they get better with aid), but the professors were engaging and accessible. I never had a problem with just dropping into an office to ask a quick question. They were also just overwhelmingly kind and just seemed to enjoy teaching.

I beg to differ here, everyone. You want a school where the _students_ are engaged, hardworking, and interested. The most dedicated, dynamic, and sympathetic prof in the world can't save a "seminar" where only one or two of the students have read and reflected upon the preparatory materials. Professors who are challenged and fascinated _by_their_students_ are able to deliver a better classroom experience. And they will hold more office hours and events if students actually attend.

This is not to say that good professors are made by their students (although they are certainly inspired by them!), but rather that the right student culture creates a good feedback loop with engaged faculty. Find a school where the students genuinely want to learn, and you should also be able to find faculty who want to teach.

Anonymous wrote:Focus your search on smaller, liberal arts colleges where teachers are as focused on teaching as their research and who want to engage and mentor undergrads.

+1. You want professors interested in teaching undergraduates.

You will find a mixed bag at every school. Even within a university, some professors care a lot more than others.

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Anonymous wrote:Which colleges are known to have the most engaged professors? Please forgive if this sounds ageist: DD is striving at a HS where most teachers are under 55, super engaged and energetic. They reward kids who speak up and never lecture at you. DD is so inspired by her teachers and it’s really lovely to watch. Hoping she can find similar experience at college.

The best professors are those who are most engaged in their academic disciplines both in the academic and in the real world practical application of their subject. This is one reason why universities located in or near major cities are so dynamic and motivating.

If you're seeking a pal or friend or drinking buddy, then look to LACs as they are small & isolated so profs often have a lot of time to associate with students.

Comes down to personal preference.

Tell that to DD’s engineering professor who works for a massive firm, doesn’t respond to student emails, doesn’t host office hours more than a 30 minute time slot a week, and hasnt graded most of what he assigned

Which school & which professor or it didn't happen.

😂 Why are you acting like this extremely common scenario is somehow far fetched?

This survey-based site, which includes schools such as Reed, Claremont McKenna and Hamilton, offers a ranking for "best classroom experience":

Best Colleges for Classroom Experience | The Princeton Review https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/?rankings=best-classroom-experience

Professors of practice have existed forever. Nothing unique. They’re adjunct, typically, and there to vary the experiences of faculty.

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Anonymous wrote:Which colleges are known to have the most engaged professors? Please forgive if this sounds ageist: DD is striving at a HS where most teachers are under 55, super engaged and energetic. They reward kids who speak up and never lecture at you. DD is so inspired by her teachers and it’s really lovely to watch. Hoping she can find similar experience at college.

The best professors are those who are most engaged in their academic disciplines both in the academic and in the real world practical application of their subject. This is one reason why universities located in or near major cities are so dynamic and motivating.

If you're seeking a pal or friend or drinking buddy, then look to LACs as they are small & isolated so profs often have a lot of time to associate with students.

Comes down to personal preference.

So many professors with other jobs don’t have any actual time for students.

If you just want a lecture, there’s always YouTube videos from MIT and Yale that play, effectively, the same damn role.

+1, basically any clinical professor is not there to help your child learn.

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Anonymous wrote:Which colleges are known to have the most engaged professors? Please forgive if this sounds ageist: DD is striving at a HS where most teachers are under 55, super engaged and energetic. They reward kids who speak up and never lecture at you. DD is so inspired by her teachers and it’s really lovely to watch. Hoping she can find similar experience at college.

The best professors are those who are most engaged in their academic disciplines both in the academic and in the real world practical application of their subject. This is one reason why universities located in or near major cities are so dynamic and motivating.

If you're seeking a pal or friend or drinking buddy, then look to LACs as they are small & isolated so profs often have a lot of time to associate with students.

Comes down to personal preference.

Tell that to DD’s engineering professor who works for a massive firm, doesn’t respond to student emails, doesn’t host office hours more than a 30 minute time slot a week, and hasnt graded most of what he assigned

Which school & which professor or it didn't happen.

UCLA, I could give you the faculty office and you’d say it’s a lie. It’s boring arguing with someone about my own daughter’s experience. Believe me or don’t.

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Anonymous wrote:Which colleges are known to have the most engaged professors? Please forgive if this sounds ageist: DD is striving at a HS where most teachers are under 55, super engaged and energetic. They reward kids who speak up and never lecture at you. DD is so inspired by her teachers and it’s really lovely to watch. Hoping she can find similar experience at college.

The best professors are those who are most engaged in their academic disciplines both in the academic and in the real world practical application of their subject. This is one reason why universities located in or near major cities are so dynamic and motivating.

If you're seeking a pal or friend or drinking buddy, then look to LACs as they are small & isolated so profs often have a lot of time to associate with students.

Comes down to personal preference.

So many professors with other jobs don’t have any actual time for students.

If you just want a lecture, there’s always YouTube videos from MIT and Yale that play, effectively, the same damn role.

Many full-time profs do consulting work. Adjuncts are typically required to hold a specific number of hours of office time.

Agree that LAC students would benefit from YouTube videos.

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Anonymous wrote:Which colleges are known to have the most engaged professors? Please forgive if this sounds ageist: DD is striving at a HS where most teachers are under 55, super engaged and energetic. They reward kids who speak up and never lecture at you. DD is so inspired by her teachers and it’s really lovely to watch. Hoping she can find similar experience at college.

The best professors are those who are most engaged in their academic disciplines both in the academic and in the real world practical application of their subject. This is one reason why universities located in or near major cities are so dynamic and motivating.

If you're seeking a pal or friend or drinking buddy, then look to LACs as they are small & isolated so profs often have a lot of time to associate with students.

Comes down to personal preference.

Tell that to DD’s engineering professor who works for a massive firm, doesn’t respond to student emails, doesn’t host office hours more than a 30 minute time slot a week, and hasnt graded most of what he assigned

Which school & which professor or it didn't happen.

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Anonymous wrote:Which colleges are known to have the most engaged professors? Please forgive if this sounds ageist: DD is striving at a HS where most teachers are under 55, super engaged and energetic. They reward kids who speak up and never lecture at you. DD is so inspired by her teachers and it’s really lovely to watch. Hoping she can find similar experience at college.

The best professors are those who are most engaged in their academic disciplines both in the academic and in the real world practical application of their subject. This is one reason why universities located in or near major cities are so dynamic and motivating.

If you're seeking a pal or friend or drinking buddy, then look to LACs as they are small & isolated so profs often have a lot of time to associate with students.

Comes down to personal preference.

Tell that to DD’s engineering professor who works for a massive firm, doesn’t respond to student emails, doesn’t host office hours more than a 30 minute time slot a week, and hasnt graded most of what he assigned

Where is this?

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Anonymous wrote:Which colleges are known to have the most engaged professors? Please forgive if this sounds ageist: DD is striving at a HS where most teachers are under 55, super engaged and energetic. They reward kids who speak up and never lecture at you. DD is so inspired by her teachers and it’s really lovely to watch. Hoping she can find similar experience at college.

The best professors are those who are most engaged in their academic disciplines both in the academic and in the real world practical application of their subject. This is one reason why universities located in or near major cities are so dynamic and motivating.

If you're seeking a pal or friend or drinking buddy, then look to LACs as they are small & isolated so profs often have a lot of time to associate with students.

Comes down to personal preference.

Tell that to DD’s engineering professor who works for a massive firm, doesn’t respond to student emails, doesn’t host office hours more than a 30 minute time slot a week, and hasnt graded most of what he assigned

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Anonymous wrote:Which colleges are known to have the most engaged professors? Please forgive if this sounds ageist: DD is striving at a HS where most teachers are under 55, super engaged and energetic. They reward kids who speak up and never lecture at you. DD is so inspired by her teachers and it’s really lovely to watch. Hoping she can find similar experience at college.

The best professors are those who are most engaged in their academic disciplines both in the academic and in the real world practical application of their subject. This is one reason why universities located in or near major cities are so dynamic and motivating.

If you're seeking a pal or friend or drinking buddy, then look to LACs as they are small & isolated so profs often have a lot of time to associate with students.

Comes down to personal preference.

So many professors with other jobs don’t have any actual time for students.

If you just want a lecture, there’s always YouTube videos from MIT and Yale that play, effectively, the same damn role.