Tag: Educational Consulting

student to faculty ratios and class size

Class Size & Student to Faculty Ratios: What Research Says?

Student to faculty ratios are statistics that purport to describe the educational quality of a university. A lower ratio seems to indicate smaller class sizes and a more intimate classroom experience. Not so. These ratios are unrelated to average class size, and they do not have anything to do with educational quality. An expert college admissions counselor explains what is behind these statistics and how to get beyond them to understand the truth about the educational environment at a college or university.

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Best Value in Public Colleges

What do college ranking mean? Katherine Price provides insights into Kiplinger’s recent publication of Best Values in Public Education. What will be valuable to you in your college experience?

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