ENEB Master Thread

[eriehiker]

I don't know, but I wouldn't expect political leaders to be showing up to business classes. That would make more sense for political science. I'm just saying that if a school charging less than $300 can get successful business professionals in to give live classes on a regular basis, surely schools in the U.S. charging $60,000 and more should be able to do it, too.

True, I agree with you really. But I also recall other types of speakers visiting during classes, like professional archaeologists in Anthro courses, plus some authors and the like scattered around. I just remember that most speakers who arrived on campus were hosting sessions in places like the auditorium, if they weren't just teaching entire courses of their own throughout the whole semester.

Maybe unis feel that including too many visiting speakers in-class would detract from scaffolding their program upward for students, or believe that any speaking fees are best applied in larger venues to get their money's worth? Not sure, but it's a good point that there could be more representation of actual professional practitioners in classes.

I think that this kind of thing is a good part of the value of a well-known/well-respected college or university.  I know that when I was at Michigan, I was able to ask John McCain a question when he came to visit.  I would see famous people walking around the campus and there would be constant small meetings with leaders in a variety of fields.  I think that sticking a pretty good student into that kind of environment for a few years is an extremely valuable thing.