Academics
Iowa鈥檚 Morningside College is sixty-eight acres of 鈥渂eautiful campus,鈥 and it boasts a job and graduate school placement rate of 99 percent as well as a 100 percent rate of students receiving financial aid. At Morningside, there is an 鈥渋ntentional focus on a liberal arts education,鈥 and since 鈥渋t鈥檚 not an especially large school 鈥 there are a lot of opportunities that may not be available to a larger student body.鈥 That includes May Terms, which give students the opportunity to take classes not normally offered (many choose Study Abroad) and the Palmer Research Symposium, an undergraduate research day that 鈥渁llows students to gain experience in creating and presenting research across the disciplines.鈥 Off-campus learning opportunities extend the curriculum, offering opportunities such as job shadowing, service learning, internships, and clinical experience.
Bolstering the academics are professors, described by some as 鈥渢he best thing about the college.鈥 These educators 鈥渁re sincerely focused on teaching their students everything they can,鈥 and small class sizes make faculty 鈥渕ore accessible and personable鈥濃攎ost 鈥渁re on a first name basis with their students鈥 and are 鈥渧ery quick to respond to emails relating to homework.鈥 If you want an in-person conversation, they are also 鈥渕ore than willing to talk to students about anything.鈥 It鈥檚 clear that the faculty 鈥渞eally care about the topics that you are learning,鈥 and while there are some lectures, 鈥渕any professors pose questions to lead discussion and then just let the students talk about what they think.鈥
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