The publication of scholarly research assures that a faculty member is knowledgeable in the most current trends in the field. This statistic ranks schools according to the average number of publications per faculty member during the last five years.
Most faculty select textbooks that make learning for the student as easy as possible or those that are most suitable for the classes they teach. Professors who write textbooks spend a considerable amount of time and effort thinking about and perfecting the education process. Writing an academic textbook is a major undertaking and the number of textbooks published may be an indication of how dedicated a faculty is to good teaching. It seems reasonable to assume that there is a relationship between the quality of teaching and the extent that the faculty is engaged in the preparation of teaching material. This statistic shows the average number of textbooks published per faculty member during the last five years.
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