If industry wants better teaching, is acedemia the best set of institutions to support? To what degree is it true that focusing on teaching over research is a t

If industry wants better teaching, is acedemia the best set of institutions to support? To what degree is it true that focusing on teaching over research is a ticket to tenure denial? (If someone can provide broader context on https://tuftsdaily.com/news/2017/08/29/professor-computer-science-ben-hescott-denied-tenure-students-alumni-respond-negatively/ https://tuftsdaily.com/news/2017/08/29/professor-computer-sc... and http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N28/tenure.html http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N28/tenure.html, I would be grateful.)