Professors would do well to think seriously about ways to encourage more participation in their classrooms. Some professors glean information from face cards and attempt to get students to incorporate their previous experience into case discussions. These creative attempts are appreciated by the students and they enable us to learn more from the cases and more about our colleagues. Some of you might simply shrug off this editorial, citing a relatively dry core curriculum and students who simply want to get their H or HP and move on. But students spend 12-15 hours a week in class and double that preparing for these hours.
Professors work equally hard preparing long lectures and copious transparencies and notes.