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One vote for the point of view that says I don't really much care how well-rated as teachers research professors are. My tax dollars should be mostly supportin
by jordanpg 12y ago
One vote for the point of view that says I don't really much care how well-rated as teachers research professors are.
My tax dollars should be mostly supporting their research. Teaching should be a collateral duty. It is not a valuable use of time for good researchers. If we need superb instructors to teach basic material to undergrads, let them be called something else.
Is there really a single person on this forum who didn't do the bulk of their real learning outside the classroom, anyway?
- chrisbennet 12y agoIt's not as prestigious, but a college without a graduate program will have teachers that are there just to teach. You get taught by professors not not teaching assistants.
- jordanpg 12y agoThat's fine and even important, but there are huge swathes of the American population that don't understand the distinction between research professors and folks like teachers, instructors, and lecturers. They get painted with one brush and, in this instance, are used to score political points with grossly ill-informed voters who have somehow decided that they don't like universities.