Speech Communication and Rhetoric at Clayton State University: Overview

very well. The Best of All

Atfter 3 years... Word to the wise, more often than not, you never crack open that 100, 200 something dollar book. A quarter of the professors are great people and go above and beyond and are the positives of the university. Another quarter are there and go through the motions, pretty average and that's fine. The rest are communicationally and emotionally compromised and feel the need to be dictators of their classrooms and go on emotional rants unrelated to material, are professors that have checked out because retirement is around the corner, or are teaching assistants in their early 20s and have no idea what they're doing and rush through so they can get THEIR work done. Parking is a mad house the first half of the semester. I've spent an hour trying to find parking and gave up, I've been threatened and screamed at, dealt with aggression and almost hit by cars. It's not like I felt safe on campus anyways or in Springfield for that matter. The school enrollment is growing faster than they're willing to keep up expecting more and more from professors and give less and less to those who pay the continually raising tuition.

My biggest complaint about this school is in regards to administration and the Financial Aid/Services offices. This school's attendance has grown, rapidly, in the past few years. The administration is set up for a small college (~10,000 students), or at least it feels that way. If you have a problem, there is typically only one person who can help you. Apparently, they can only train one person to handle upwards of 24,000 students for that particular issue. Also, it seems as if none of the systems are connected. You have to go to two to three different buildings, and maybe up to five different offices. No one can give you a full answer, so you have to on a scavenger hunt for all the pieces. And now, they're cutting the budget again which may entail layoffs. So, there will be less people to be able to handle issues...

Great experience during my years in MSU, professors and faculties are friendly and always glad to help. Campus is beautiful , buildings are clean and facilities are well-maintained.

Very proud to have graduated from Missouri State with both my undergraduate and graduate degrees. Endless opportunities to get involved, learn, and grow. Professors that truly care about their students and their subject. Employment opportunities as well. I was fortunate enough to have worked as a graduate assistant—a major benefit of this was that my tuition was waived!