Discuss “A real education engages students: We deserve more”

Most students agree that it is well-planned, dynamic, and demanding courses that make for an enjoyable semester. Therefore, it should be the goal of any university to ensure that the students receive well-planned courses with high-caliber teaching. The policies and practices of Carnegie Mellon University are merely reactive and fail to acknowledge that students are integral to developing good courses and promoting effective teaching; courses are insufficiently robust to achieve the goal.

In the Faculty Handbook, eleven ?Guidelines for Excellence in Teaching? offer suggestions to instructors, including: define the objectives of a course, plan meaningful activities, and provide out-of-class time to meet with students. The tenth guideline recommends...