I skim the dean’s blog once in a while but frankly, the topics don’t capture my interest as much as others do.

Regarding this topic, I have to say I have been schooled in several learning environments – two year colleges when I was trying to decide what to do early in my education, an outstanding university known for its excellence in Communications (Columbia), a renowned International University (UBA in Buenos Aires), and an online university since I am a perpetual student ( Capella) where more often than not I will take a professional course here and there.

Frankly, my best college experience, believe it or not, was the two year college I attended. Many of the people I went to school with claim the same type of experience. Now, admittedly, I went to one of the best (if not the best) two year colleges in the country (Miami Dade Community College’s Wolfson Campus) before moving abroad. But the passion the faculty had for teaching was simply unmatched. I can’t say that for the rest of the institutions I attended.

So… to address the point of your post directly, whether adjunct or not, the importance is how much the facilitator (read “teacher”, “professor” “whatever”) puts into his craft. He can do it at a two year, he can do it at an Ivy League. I assure you kids at Harvard University don’t necessarily get a better education than someone at another University. I have plenty of clients that are Harvard educated, and frankly their level of conversation is no more profound than someone who attended University of Miami, Pepperdine or Cal Tech.

Plus, it’s not like professors at these other universities say “Oh no, I can’t teach you that. You have to go to Yale for that.”

The college experience is all about who is teaching the courses and how. Professors all work off the same books. What differentiates them are not the institutions, or what point in their careers you find them in when you sign up for a course ; it’s their passion for the art they have chosen to indulge in – that of teaching.