USD President's Report 1987

hen USO students want to find their professor, they just go to class. In the rush to open the college gates to all. an important part of the educational process has sometimes gotten lost in the crowd: students. Not at the University of San Diego. Because here, the individual student is the force that drives the institution. Which means we work hard to keep our faculty in their place: teaching students in the classroom. At USD, our faculty is committed to the teaching/learning process ... at the undergraduate level as well as in our graduate programs. More than 90 percent have their doctorates. And they 're here because they believe what happens in their classrooms is too important to be left to teaching assistants or graduate students. What's more, they're just as committed to pursuing research and publishing the results. Not just to enliven their chances for a grant or a promotion .. . but to enliven their classrooms. After all. the way we see it if our faculty members don't try to make a difference in their classroom, how can we expect our students to try to make a difference in the world? t Universily of San Die8o We're professional teachers. Not teaching assistants.

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