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A professor's usefulness is their research. Teaching is an added benefit for the public. Universities are not trade schools.
by tensor 8y ago
A professor's usefulness is their research. Teaching is an added benefit for the public. Universities are not trade schools.
- swiftcoder 8y agoNot all universities are primarily research institutions. And I think you'll find that the majority of courses are taught by adjuncts or TAs who are being paid exclusively to teach.
- throwawaymath 8y agoThat's the platonic ideal of a professor's utility, yes. In practice it's more of a mixed bag. Once you leave the top ~100 colleges the scales stop being tipped towards research nearly as much.