When academia wants to educate their own, they don't use lectures - they use apprenticeships. Lectures are a cash cow they sell to the rest of society. Most st

When academia wants to educate their own, they don't use lectures - they use apprenticeships. Lectures are a cash cow they sell to the rest of society. Most students come to university to be credentialed, and the higher prestige the institution the better - student demand seems to show they would rather listen to the ramble of a famous professor who can't wait to get back to the lab, than an effective dedicated teacher.