Personalized Education
It's a claim many colleges make. Bethany backs it up. What do we mean by personalized education? To start
with, you're on a campus with about 540 students. Using recent enrollment data, the average class size was 20 students. The biggest class was
50, the smallest was two. It doesn't get much more personal than that.
Here are some other factors you should consider:
A 12:1 student-to-teacher ratio
This means you will have access to your professors both in and out of the classroom.
Collaborative Learning
While some classes are taught in the traditional lecture format, the faculty
at Bethany is also committed to teaching in a collaborative learning setting.
This allows students to form small groups in which they research topics and
projects, and present the material to other students - all under the guidance
of their instructors. This then requires the students to LEARN the material,
not just memorize facts for a test.
A 6:1 student-to-computer ratio
Bethany is committed to offering students the technology and resources needed
for the optimum educational experience. Bethany maintains three teaching labs
on campus and a general access lab in the Student Union. Each lab has general
productivity and Internet software on all of the computers. The Windows lab
is also used for business classes and programming, the Macintosh lab for graphic
arts and the iBook lab for writing and communication courses. We also have an
eight-computer lab set up with music keyboards, Coda Finale 2000 and Practica
Musica for use in music courses.
For students who wish to bring their own computers there are at least two network
connections in each dorm room to connect to the college network.
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