There are experts at every single state and community college, with PhDs being thr typical floor. > Not everyone is doing groundbreaking research. They don't

There are experts at every single state and community college, with PhDs being thr typical floor. > Not everyone is doing groundbreaking research. They don't need to be, they only need to be able to understand recent, groundbreaking papers in their fields, and be able to bounce ideas with colleagues in different disciplines who walk up to them. Insinuating that faculty staff are either on the bleeding edge or useless is a false dichotomy.