According to last year's senior exit survey, Anthropology majors are the most satisfied. The senior exit survey is a mandatory survey given to all graduating seniors by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness regarding their experience at Rice.
Mary Prendergast, director of undergraduate studies for anthropology, said anthropology faculty are trained to be good listeners and observers as a byproduct of their position as anthropologists.
“These skills make us highly attuned to students’ needs, their sources of stress and joy,” Prendergast wrote in an email to the Thresher. “We try to create an atmosphere inside and outside of the classroom that is inclusive, and students have told me that they appreciate the ways in which we are approachable, flexible and accommodating.”
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Anthropology reports highest major satisfaction in survey
