As the fall semester begins, Cornell’s Academic Materials Program has launched. While students expressed opinions on the program earlier in July, professors also shared their perspectives. Several professors said that a thorough textbook, rather than shorter materials such as research papers and book excerpts, is critical for students’ academic success. For example, we do case discussions where it’s very important that they’ve read the cases before we tried to talk about them in class,” Shu said. “I think this will allow the professors to choose what’s best [for students] without worrying about the cost,” Shu said.

Source: Daily Sun September 02, 2022 08:24 UTC