“Fewer than half of all university professors publish as much as one article per year.” YearsHalfUniversityProfessorsArticlesFewerPublishUniversity Professors Author:Derek Bok
“Freshly minted Ph.Ds typically teach the way their favorite professors taught.” WayTeachTaughtProfessors Author:Derek Bok
“Efforts to develop critical thinking falter in practice because too many professors still lecture to passive audiences instead of challenging students to apply what they have learned to new questions.” ThinkingStillsChallengesEffortPracticeAudienceStudentsCriticalProfessorsPassiveLecturesCritical Thinking Author:Derek Bok
“Although professors regard improving critical thinking as the most important goal of college, tests reveal that seniors who began their studies with average critical thinking skills have progressed only from the 50th percentile of entering freshmen to about the 69th percentile.” ThinkingImportantGoalStudyCollegeSkillsTestsRegardAverageCriticalProfessorsSeniorImprovingEnteringCritical ThinkingFreshman Author:Derek Bok
“Critics of American colleges typically attribute the failings of undergraduate education to a tendency on the part of professors to neglect their teaching to concentrate on research. In fact, the evidence does not support this thesis, except perhaps in major research universities.” DoeFactsSupportFailingTeachingCollegeMajorsResearchEvidenceCriticsUniversityTendenciesNeglectProfessorsAttributesThesisUndergraduate Author:Derek Bok
