According to Peter Gold, associate dean of the Undergraduate College, UB faculty were asked to assess the suitability of their assigned classrooms in a survey distributed last October and recently tabulated and released. Many faculty provided additional comments and these, too, were tabulated. Each teacher assigned to a selected classroom received a questionnaire. There are, on the other hand, classrooms that elicit too many complaints. Most features of most classrooms are satisfactory to most professors.
Some classrooms elicit particular and frequent complaints.
That UB's faculty consider classroom quality important is shown by the high rate of return for the questionnaire, their familiarity with classroom conditions, and the large number of written comments that were filled with detail rather than vague complaints. The survey has resulted in 35 work orders for repairs and upkeep.