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Important to note that you have a STEM perspective. Nothing's changed in that respect, since that's always been the case in grant fields. However...that's not
by bachmeier 5y ago
Important to note that you have a STEM perspective. Nothing's changed in that respect, since that's always been the case in grant fields.
However...that's not at all a good representation of the rest of the university. Maybe the very best research universities don't care about teaching. There aren't many though if you're not in a grant field.
> That thing the actual customers are paying us for
If you're in a grant field, the grant agency is the customer, not the students. Teaching is something you do on the side. And not very much compared to non-grant fields.
- Fomite 5y agoAt my institution, arguably my customers are the People of $State, followed by my grant funders. Indeed, "The student is the customer" is the source of a lot of really pretty flawed reasoning about how universities can and should work, including things like "Am I obligated to pass you because you really, really want to go to med school?"