This means that they are willing to do difficult intellectual work in fields that are not directly related to future employment. Learning is more valuable than credit hours. Both faculty and students should act accordingly. My class fits the personal schedule of each student in the class. Otherwise, they would have waited until a more convenient time to take the course.
Students spend two to three hours studying for each hour the class is scheduled to meet.
In courses where I provide lecture notes online, all students have read them before class . Each of my courses is a semester long discussion of a set of ideas. I provide a framework and resources for the discussion, but I do not provide the entire discussion. It is rude to arrive late to, or leave early from, class. Sometimes genuine crises arise, for which students may need to excuse themselves from class or arrive late, with appropriate gestures to the other participants in the discussion.