American College Teaching is in crisis, or so we are told.
In the firs.
The modern university does not reward teaching, so faculty members at every level neglect it in favor of research and publication.
Students daydream in gigantic lecture halls while a professor drones on, or they meet with a Teaching assistant for an hour of aimless discussion.
But we\'ve heard that complaint for the past 150 years, as critics have denounced the poor quality of instruction in undergraduate classrooms.
American College Teaching is in crisis, or so we are told