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What do student-faculty ratios really mean?
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 1:18 am
by re-applicant
Most top schools seem to have student-faculty ratios of around 10 to 1. But it seems like the median classroom size is much larger than 10. What's the right way to interpret this number?
Re: What do student-faculty ratios really mean?
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 1:19 am
by prezidentv8
re-applicant wrote:Most top schools seem to have student-faculty ratios of around 10 to 1. But it seems like the median classroom size is much larger than 10. What's the right way to interpret this number?
(Number of Students) : (Number of Faculty)
Re: What do student-faculty ratios really mean?
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 1:22 am
by re-applicant
prezidentv8 wrote:re-applicant wrote:Most top schools seem to have student-faculty ratios of around 10 to 1. But it seems like the median classroom size is much larger than 10. What's the right way to interpret this number?
(Number of Students) : (Number of Faculty)
thx.
Re: What do student-faculty ratios really mean?
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:02 pm
by JD2014
Student-Faculty ratio is a USNWR statistic that schools manipulate to rise in league tables. Average class size and whether upper level courses are taught in lecture halls or conference rooms are more meaningful.