Word: classroom
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...courses are all taught in discussion seminars of 15 to 20 students by "tutors," who are usually tenured faculty members. "The only authority in the classroom is the author," Slakey says...
Brandt's colleagues praise his ability to relate historical issues to the modern world, both in his scholarly work and in the classroom. "He has an eye for questions that are inherently historically interesting, but also have real meaning for today's issues," says Everett I. Mendelsohn, professor of the history of science...
...there is a more positive side of the `Bailey myth'. One Classics concentrator said that in one class, a woman had a cold, and was sniffling. Bailey got up, left the classroom, and returned moments later with a box of Kleenex...
...After a certain point, the more money youhave, the fewer distinguished professors you willhave in the classroom...
...This is an oddity of academic life. X dollarsbuys the students one professor, 2x dollars buysthem two, but 3x and 4x and 5x dollars graduallyremove the professor from the student, and 6xdollars may replace all the classroom professorswith graduate students...