Sadly, in the US, even the “tenure track” full-time professors are seldom full-time lectures. Their most valued contributions are: - obtaining research grants

Sadly, in the US, even the “tenure track” full-time professors are seldom full-time lectures. Their most valued contributions are: - obtaining research grants - department administration - image management They also sometimes teach courses, but more often than not, that duty can be given to a combination of adjunct professors and “graduate teaching assistants,” ie doctoral students. Much of it I’m okay with organizationally except for the money/workload balance. It’s a race to the bottom to overwork and underpay for teaching duties.