> We don't need more of them > 500 person lecture halls I love evidence-based pedagogies like active learning, which are demonstrably better for most students

> We don't need more of them > 500 person lecture halls I love evidence-based pedagogies like active learning, which are demonstrably better for most students than "medieval style" lectures. I would like to be able to teach that way all the time, but if you want professors to actually be able to interact meaningfully with each student, you need small classes. If you want small classes, you need more professors. So yes, we do need more of them, in that case.