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> A better approach would be to offer comparable pay and status to professors who spend most of their time teaching, reserving reduced teaching loads for profes
by imgabe 11y ago
> A better approach would be to offer comparable pay and status to professors who spend most of their time teaching, reserving reduced teaching loads for professors whose research continues to have significance and impact.
I think the problem with this is that you have no idea up front which research is going to be significant and impactful and which isn't. If you knew what the outcome was going to be, it wouldn't be research, now would it?
- Retric 11y agoPeople optimize for what you measure. If you want numbers they will pump out numbers, if you want citations they will set up citation rings etc. The real solution is to realize research is best ignored. Don’t count it for anything in any way. And they people who stick with it will likely focus on actual important things.