Diversity in the classroom
- Small minorities: women in the physical sciences and engineering, US ethnic minorities, people with disabilities.
- In physics, the fraction of US graduate students who are women peaked at about 16% in the late 1970s and has been declining ever since.
- Cultural differences: foreign students, foreign TAs (viz. Prof. Gao’s lecture).
- Wide range of interests and abilities among students; for example, in non-major classes.
- Wide range of levels of preparation and experience among students (again, see non-major classes).
- Wide range in personality types for given level of ability, experience, and interest.