I wouldn't called the school "innovative." It's fairly unique in higher ed, but definitely not innovative. The pedagogical approaches it uses have been around for decades in most cases.

And the faculty can be hit-or-miss. Some are awesome, some of okay. A few are just awful.

Personally, I had an instructor for Java who had difficulty managing different JDKs one a single machine. If I, as a student new to Java, can figure it out, I absolutely expect my instructor to know how to do so. Granted, this particular instructor was a "standout" in the negative sense. Most have been okay.

Fortunately, instructors are mostly inconsequential as there's very little interaction with them.