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大学教授的意义 What’s the Point of a Professor? IN the coming weeks, two million Americans will earn a bachelor’s degree and either join the work force or head to graduate school. They will be joyous that day, and they will remember fondly the schools they attended. But as this unique chapter of life closes and they reflect on campus events, one primary part of higher education will fall low on the ladder of meaningful contacts: the professors. 在未来几周里，二百万美国人将获得学士学位，之后，他们要么参加工作，要么去读研究生。毕业日将是他们快乐的一天，他们也会思念他们读过的学校。但是，随着人生这一独特篇章的结束，毕业生开始反思校园生活，高等教育的一个主要部分将在有意义的校园接触排名中名落孙山，那就是教授。 That’s what students say. Oh, they’re quite content with their teachers; after all, most students receive sure approval. In 1960, only 15 percent of grades were in the “A” range, but now the rate is 43 percent, making “A” the most common grade by far. 那是学生们的说法。噢，他们对自己的教授很满意；毕竟，大多数学生都得到了肯定的认可。1960年，只有15％的成绩属于“A”的范围，而现在的比例是43％，使“A”成为远高于其他分数的最常见成绩。 Faculty members’ attitudes are kindly, too. In one national survey, 61 percent of students said that professors frequently treated them “like a colleague/peer,” while only 8 percent heard frequent “negative feedback about their academic work.” More than half leave the graduation ceremony believing that they are “well prepared” in speaking, writing, critical thinking and decision-making. 教授们的态度也很亲切。在一项全国调查中，有61％的学生人说教授经常把他们“像同事/同行”那样对待，只有8％的学生经常得到对“他们学习的负面反馈”。有超过半数的学生在毕业典礼结束时认为他们在公开发言、写作、批判性思维和做决策上受到“充分的培养”。 But while they’re content with teachers, students aren’t much interested in them as thinkers and mentors. They enroll in courses and complete assignments, but further engagement is minimal. 不过，虽然对教授们颇为满意，但学生们对教授作为思考者和导师的角色并不怎么感兴趣。他们选教授的课，完成作业，但进一步的接触极少。 One measure of interest in what professors believe, what wisdom they possess apart from the content of the course, is interaction outside of class. It’s often during incidental conversations held after the bell rings and away from the demands of the syllabus that the transfer of insight begins and a student’s