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I had a professor who was a co-author on the textbook that we used in his class. It was the "standard" work in the field, so it would have been ridiculous to us
by sib 14y ago
I had a professor who was a co-author on the textbook that we used in his class. It was the "standard" work in the field, so it would have been ridiculous to use a different one. Nonetheless, he acknowledged the potential conflict, gave us an accounting of his earnings per copy (well under a dollar per), and bought food for the class out of his own pocket. Good solution, I thought.
- ScottWhigham 14y agoI'm upvoting your comment for your professor. Please serve as proxy and go deliver the upvote to him. He sounds like "good people".
- abraxasz 14y agoHad a somewhat similar story. Took a class whose instructor had written the reference book in the field. We used his textbook, but instead of having us buy it, he gave out free photocopies of the preprint for the yet-to-be released newest edition.
- koenigdavidmj 14y agoTadayoshi Kohno at UW?