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"you will receive just as good of an education." Pretty bold statement. In my personal experience, having good professors, and smart hard working students in
by rauljara 17y ago
"you will receive just as good of an education."
Pretty bold statement. In my personal experience, having good professors, and smart hard working students in a class with me makes all the difference in terms of how much I learn. While its true, just because a professor or student is at a university doesn't mean he/she is good (just like community college doesn't automatically equal bad) a university (particularly a good university), because of its admissions policies and hiring practices is going to weed out a lot of the bad. A community college will weed out hardly anyone. Not saying a community college isn't the right choice for a lot of people, just saying that there's a lot more of a difference than this top 10 list admits.
- anuleczka 17y agoI'm wondering if professors at community colleges are in fact better at teaching, since they aren't under the pressure to "publish or perish". And at the freshman-sophomore level, isn't that more valuable?
- geekagirl 17y agoThis has been my experience.
- gamble 17y agoMany community college classes are taught by grad students or post-docs who haven't landed a tenure-track position yet. A friend of mine taught English and composition classes at CC for a few years; judging from her experience, there was plenty of pressure. (It doesn't help that the pay is terrible at colleges) OTOH, they do attract some people who are interested in teaching for its own sake. I think it's hard to generalize about teaching quality in CC. The professors who teach at colleges are largely the same people as universities, either on their way up or down from the tenure track. It would be as easy to disengage as become enthusiastic about teaching.