in other words, teacher quality really really matters, especially for freshmen…. ""It’s important for department chairs and deans to recognize who their more skilled teachers are, and the teachers they can use to draw students into certain majors," Takacs said. College leaders need to go to departments and say “why don’t you get so-and-so to teach this introductory course.” "There is real danger in failing to do so, he added. Many of the students indicated that they made judgments not just on the professor or his or her discipline, but entire branches of disciplines -- with a bad course in any science field, for example, leading students to write off all science. The authors, based on their interviews, talk about the phenomenon of “majoring in a professor.” Read more: insidehighered/news/2013/08/12/study-finds-choice-major-most-influenced-quality-intro-professor#ixzz2bmPFtGT6 Inside Higher Ed
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