Making the Case

Key Messages and Data • Making the Case Resources • Media Activity • Speeches and Addresses • Books and Reports •

Fact 3 - Professors Who Teach
Eighty-four percent of independent college alumni surveyed say they benefited very much from a majority of classes taught by professors, compared with fewer than half of the public university alumni.

Survey Question: Please tell me how much you personally benefited from your college offering a majority of classes taught by professors rather than teaching assistants. (Rating a “5” on a 5-point scale with "1" meaning you did "not benefit at all" and a "5" meaning you "benefited very much.")
Source: Comparative Alumni Survey, Hardwick~Day, 2003