Re:I think US college education is nearer to collapsing than...
by fakethenews2022 on Monday March 21, 2022 @03:35AM
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My worst class by far was taught by a visiting professor who just did not give a damn and basically read from a textbook. He was gone after a semester. I suspect it was partly due to his horrid student reviews.
I also had a math class taught by a well meaning fresh professor. It was on the fast Fourier transform and related techniques leading to it. Great topic choice but very awkwardly and confusingly taught. It is actually hugely relevant to video compression and decompression.
Re:I think US college education is nearer to collapsing than...
by smugma on Monday March 21, 2022 @12:20AM
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Weren’t Mike Clancy (I think he only had a bachelors) and Brian Harvey (I think he got a PhD but maybe in education) around when you were there? I took both their classes and I thought Clancy was there in the 70’s and Harvey maybe 80’s?
Re:I think US college education is nearer to collapsing than...
by fakethenews2022 on Monday March 21, 2022 @03:19AM
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Brian Harvey was there but I don't remember taking any of his classes. I went in the 90s. I also had Ousterhout.
They introduced this well after I graduated but I did take classes with some professors who became teaching professors. They were research professors when I took them.
I found the experienced professors competent even if some were uninspired. On the other hand, I generally had negative experiences with the graduate assistants and new professors.
The graduate students and new professors didn't know the material as well and didn't have much experience teaching. The older professors mostly knew the material much better and had an established process.
I had Stuart Russell, Raimund Seidel, Randy Katz, John Wawryznek, and others.