Survey: Faculty teaching style impedes academic success, students say

Image:  James Walsh, an education major at the University of South Carolina at Aiken who’s been recognized for his ability to creatively teach middle schoolers math, has some strong opinions about college teaching: “The notion that everyone learns the same way is ridiculous, but professors tend to stick to what they know and what they have always done.” Outside of the education program at USC Aiken, nearly all of Walsh’s professors lecture nearly all the time, he says. With one...