Discipuli Supra Omni Praeferuntur: Above All, the Students Come First

摘要

In these days of distance education and computer and electronic technology, there may be many impediments to actually getting students to class, including expense, available classrooms, and a wealth of free information (e.g., MOOCs, massive open online courses) that is more readily at hand than ever before. So, I pose the question: What might be the compelling rationale for retaining the time-honored tradition of the professor-student interaction in the university classroom?