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I know tenured professors who don't apply for grants, and therefore don't have any money to pay students, but they still get paid a salary by the department. Th
by javert 14y ago
I know tenured professors who don't apply for grants, and therefore don't have any money to pay students, but they still get paid a salary by the department. They can do whatever they want (research, or not), modulo teaching responsibilities. Some profs actually do very good research, without students. It's a reasonable way to go, once you have tenure.
Problem is, you can't take that route to get tenure in the first place, unless you're an absolute genius.
- mbreese 14y agoMost places are redefining tenure though, so the only people that still have any meaningful resources are those that have extramural funding. Anymore, tenure means you get a closet for an office and a phone. And for new hires, if you don't have grant support, even with tenure, you can still lose your job.