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The Dangers of Being Taught by Part Timers

on November 26, 2012 in Academic quality, Academics, Evaluating Schools, Graduate degrees, Research

When your teenagers reach college, who will be teaching them? Chances are excellent that many of your children’s professors will be part-timers or full-time professors without any chance of getting tenured. The number of adjunct professors on college campuses has soared in the past decade. Today only thirty percent of college professors have tenure or [...]

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Where to Find the Best College Professors

on October 19, 2012 in Academic quality, Academics, Admissions, Applying, Evaluating Schools, Research

How do you know if the college or university that your child ultimately attends will provide him or her with an excellent education? You won’t. College pricing is inching closer to transparency thanks to net price calculators, but it’s largely impossible to form an educated opinion about the strength of a school’s learning environment beyond [...]

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8 Ways to Pick Great College Classes

on August 31, 2011 in Academic majors, Academic quality, Academics, Careers

Before my son Ben left to start his sophomore year at Beloit College, we talked about the advice in a chapter of The Thinking Student’s Guide to College: 75 Tips for Getting a Better Education. I’ve mentioned before how much I love this book and I think every college-bound student should read it. Andrew Roberts, [...]

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Should Professors Work As Hard As We Do?

on June 28, 2011 in California universities, College Costs, Colleges, Ivy League, Money, Uncategorized, Universities

Should professors work as hard as many of the rest of us? If you compare the sort of work week and vacation time that many professors enjoy with other highly educated professionals, you could conclude that there are a lot of slackers hanging out in the Ivory Towers. I hope that professor productivity becomes a [...]

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Can We Blame Professors for College Slackers?

on February 21, 2011 in Academic quality, Academics, Grades

Last month, I wrote a couple of posts about this reality:  many students are graduating from college without absorbing much of an education. From a parent’s perspective that’s a lot of wasted money. And, of course, there are serious ramifications for students who have spent their college years living in a Bud Lite commercial. Here [...]

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50 Colleges With the Best and Worst Professors

on December 2, 2010 in College rankings, Evaluating Schools, Research

Can anybody pinpoint which colleges have the best college professors and the worst professors? I doubt it, but that doesn’t mean people won’t try. Yesterday I wrote a college blog post for CBSMoneyWatch that made a stab at establishing which colleges and universities have the best and worst professors. Here are the controversial posts: 25 [...]

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