How to Grade Your Professors: And Other Unexpected Advice

by Jacob Neusner

A thinking-student's guide for getting the most out of college, written by a college professor and member of the Brown University faculty for more than twenty years. Speaking as a professor and parent, Professor Neusner gives hard-hitting advice outlining the radical changes in educational opportunities in the past two decades and how to make the best choices in selecting a college, a major and a career. Practical advice is included on such topics as what you can expect and demand from your college, how to grade your professors and class and status changes from freshman through senior years.

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Neusner was educated at Harvard University, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (where he received rabbinic ordination), the University of Oxford, and Columbia University.

Neusner is often celebrated as one of the most published authors in history (he has written or edited more than 950 books.)Since 1994, he taught at Bard College. He also taught at Columbia University, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Brandeis University, Dartmouth College, Brown University, and the University of South Florida.

Neusner was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He is the only scholar to have served on both the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. He also received scores of academic awards, honorific and otherwise.