Professors face challenges never before faced by their predecessors, he said. Students have more technological savvy. They are more worldly. Professors have had to change, though their goals have not. By every quality measure, we are the envy of the world.
Education is what makes democracy sing.
It is the great leveler. When people are asked, 'What person in your life other than your parents had the most influence,' inevitably it is a teacher. The relationship with students is equally precious from a teacher's perspective, said Olmstead. You make be proud, and you shame me to think that you have overcome odds greater than I have ever faced. Mathematics professor Marilyn Repsher of Jacksonville University in Florida, the outstanding master's universities and colleges professor, also spoke of the joy of working with students.