Some universities have started teaching-track positions: "lecturer" or "teaching professor." These folks teach a lot, are not hired for research in physics, may

Some universities have started teaching-track positions: "lecturer" or "teaching professor." These folks teach a lot, are not hired for research in physics, may do research or publish in physics education, take care of training TAs and setting lower-level curricula, etc. These folks also have a somewhat permanent position with benefits, aka a "real job." I think it's a possible appropriate response to a world in which, as you say, the career of a normal prof is a function of their research contribution and grant-writing is increasingly time-consuming. There is no reason that we should allow a situation in which students pay a lot of money to go learn and then are taught by poorly-paid temp workers without an office for office hours or grad students who have less experience than a seven-year-old who lectures to her dolls. (Not slamming the grad students here -- I've been one. Started teaching on a Tuesday, started grad classes the next day, had 3 hours of instruction on teaching the previous week to prepare me.) Also, I resent your insinuation that profs have to teach well! ;) Maybe in Canada...