Speaks out

Do you notice a difference between professors and lecturers? Is
there a difference in teaching quality or availability? Jonathan
Foley

Third-year, biology

Professors seem to be a little less concerned with classes than
lecturers. Lecturers seem to be more available, they have more
office hours for example. Lecture quality is about the same.
Availability is the biggest difference. Phillip Shen

Third-year, history

They seem pretty much the same. I can’t really tell the
difference when I have either one. Claudia Sun

Third-year, psychobiology

I think professors and lecturers are pretty much the same in
availability. One of my stats classes is taught by a lecturer
who’s in the psychology department. I don’t know if he
knows as much because he’s out of his department. Alex
Kaplan

Fifth-year, history and sociology

I think lecturers can be experts in their field and they can
prepare a lecture, but it sounds like they’re reciting a
speech. Professors have more resources and you can tell when they
inject their opinion, which adds to lectures more than just
reciting something you can read out of a book. Teresa Breen

Fourth-year, history and political science

I don’t notice a difference between professors and
lecturers. I think they’re both qualified and the quality is
the same. Agnes Manembu

Fourth-year, sociology and economics

I can’t really talk about it because I don’t know
who’s a professor and who’s a lecturer.