Minneapolis, MN.
It's almost an obvious equation: the lower the student-teacher ratio, the better the education you'll get. So why haven't students enacted organized groups to take shifts for attending class until now? Nonetheless, a group of students at the University of Minnesota is leading the way. This year, a study group with naturally imbalanced roles of some stronger students assisting weaker, less attentive students quickly led to frustrations and an aim to solve them. This begot the new system developed by the Coalition of Learners And Student Skippers, or CLASS, which is simply outlined as a formula-deriving group for a more efficient schedule, a better student-teacher ratio, and better information acquisition and dissemination.
One of the original founders, Ben Wadsworth, notes happily that he can go to the swimming hole, marinate ribs for the all-night BBQ, and design his 4.27-foot-long paper airplane for his Aerodynamics class instead of going to three other classes, and still gain better information for them in 30-minute review sessions and notes shared via live Google Doc updates or Twitter feeds. "I've never been kicking myself harder! Or, I guess you could say pinching myself to make sure I'm awake. At 3 pm, that is. No more 5am balogne, unless it's my turn to go to class."
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