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The key phrase (IMHO being in this market myself) from your comment is "top schools." The market for CS faculty is vastly different at lower ranked schools than
by WoodenChair 9y ago
The key phrase (IMHO being in this market myself) from your comment is "top schools." The market for CS faculty is vastly different at lower ranked schools than it is at higher ranked schools. I'm sure this is true in any field.
I disagree with you when you say we need more "reasonably paid adjuncts." Yes, adjuncts should be paid better, but what we really need is more reasonably paid full-time teaching faculty who do not have research responsibilities. Students appreciate full-time faculty who are fully committed to teaching them, although of course some adjuncts do a fantastic job as well.
- majos 9y agoYou're right, I know much less about competitiveness at lower-ranked schools. I would expect that the funding situation also changes there? The refrain I have heard is that at lesser-known schools base packages may be better but outside funding and good research partners (e.g. colleagues or grad students or undergrads) become harder to find. I think the wider point about decoupling research and teaching still stands, though. And even elite schools (Berkeley, Cornell, Stanford) have noted recent cases of having too many students even as they maintain extremely tough faculty standards.
- majos 9y agoI would also agree about full-time teaching faculty vs adjuncts, on reflection. I think I conflated the two in my original post.