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1、Inthecomingweeks,twomillionAmericanswillearnabachelor’sdegreeandeitherjointheworkforceorheadtograduateschool.Theywillbejoyousthatday,andtheywillrememberfondlytheschoolstheyattended.Butasthisuniquechapteroflifeclosesandtheyreflectoncampusevents,oneprimarypartofhighereducationwill
2、falllowontheladderofmeaningfulcontacts:theprofessors.That’swhatstudentssay.Oh,they’requitecontentwiththeirteachers;afterall,moststudentsreceivesureapproval.In1960,only15percentofgradeswereinthe“A”range,butnowtherateis43percent,making“A”themostcommongradebyfar.Facultymembers’atti
3、tudesarekindly,too.Inonenationalsurvey,61percentofstudentssaidthatprofessorsfrequentlytreatedthem“likeacolleague/peer,”whileonly8percentheardfrequent“negativefeedbackabouttheiracademicwork.”Morethanhalfleavethegraduationceremonybelievingthattheyare“wellprepared”inspeaking,writin
4、g,criticalthinkinganddecision-making.Butwhilethey’recontentwithteachers,studentsaren’tmuchinterestedinthemasthinkersandmentors.Theyenrollincoursesandcompleteassignments,butfurtherengagementisminimal.Onemeasureofinterestinwhatprofessorsbelieve,whatwisdomtheypossessapartfromthecon
5、tentofthecourse,isinteractionoutsideofclass.It’softenduringincidentalconversationsheldafterthebellringsandawayfromthedemandsofthesyllabusthatthetransferofinsightbeginsandastudent’semulationgrows.Studentsemailteachersallthetime—whywalkacrosscampuswhenyoucanfireanotefromyourroom?—
6、butthosequeriesaretoocurtforgenuinementoring.Weneedfacetime.Here,though,arethemeagernumbers.Foramajorityofundergraduates,beyondthetwoandahalfhoursperweekinclass,contactrangesfromnegligibletononexistent.Intheirfirstyear,33percentofstudentsreportthattheynevertalkwithprofessorsouts
7、ideofclass,while42percentdosoonlysometimes.Seniorslowerthatdisengagementrateonlyabit,with25percentnevertalkingtoprofessors,and40percentsometimes.Ithasn’talwaysbeenthisway.“Ireveredmanyofmyteachers,”ToddGitlinsaidwhenwemetattheNewYorkPublicLibrarylastmonth.He’sarespectedprofessor
8、ofjournalismandsociologyatColumbia,butinthe1960
