• rbhfd@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    who love teaching (why else would they teach)

    Professors love doing academic research. Teaching is a requirement for them, not a passion they pursue (at least not for most of them).

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, that makes it even worse.

      To be clear, I’m not advocating for not paying living wages to professors, I’m just describing the two systems I know and the results.

      I don’t know how to get teachers who are up to date with industry and love teaching. You get that when teaching doesn’t pay, but it’d be nice if there was a better way.