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freejazz · 2023-01-18 11:05:00

They aren't teachers, they are professors.

Bulkington | karma 201 | avg karma 1.78 · | 2014-01-12 21:14:08+00:00

Professors.

tptacek | karma 394296 | avg karma 6.04 · | 2017-09-28 15:23:24+00:00

Those are full professors, not adjuncts.

PhasmaFelis | karma 11941 | avg karma 1.85 · | 2019-07-11 00:49:49+00:00

That's academic advisors, not professors.

timcobb | karma 455 | avg karma 4.38 · | 2023-02-26 21:34:09

Isn’t that why we call them professors?

theorique | karma 3887 | avg karma 2.22 · | 2013-01-21 04:45:30+00:00

They want to be professors?

chasing | karma 8944 | avg karma 6.18 · | 2015-04-27 16:05:45

Your professors are not your servants. Nor should they be.

aidenn0 | karma 26449 | avg karma 2.17 · | 2019-05-28 18:39:52+00:00

Professors not knowing how to teach is common for research universities in the US. Their main job is research, and teaching is just something they do on the side.

adamnemecek | karma 57571 | avg karma 6.54 · | 2017-04-02 12:53:17+00:00

> These are professors whose sole job is to teach

No, no it really is not. It's getting grants, advising grad students, etc etc. From my experience, professors spend very little time on classes besides lectures.

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felipemnoa | karma 2821 | avg karma 2.5 · | 2011-10-26 19:14:29+00:00

In my school at least, they were not called professors if they did not have a PhD, just lecturers.

gaius | karma 35963 | avg karma 2.51 · | 2016-12-05 18:57:09

They are not professors... And in many if not most cases are doing work that could be done by anyone with a good Bachelors or Masters degree.

doublemint2203 | karma 40 | avg karma 0.62 · | 2023-12-04 16:51:31

teachers/faculty?

RyanMcGreal | karma 16892 | avg karma 5.03 · | 2009-09-09 12:59:31

> I'd assume that most of the professors aren't even there primarily for the teaching.

Professors are at universities to do research. Teaching is a necessary evil.

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sketerpot | karma 1533 | avg karma 2.59 · | 2009-09-09 18:21:51+00:00

Some of them really do care about teaching. Hint for college students: find these professors.

cm2187 | karma 24483 | avg karma 3.15 · | 2023-11-10 03:00:41

Not university professors in western europe or the US.

germinalphrase | karma 6245 | avg karma 2.43 · | 2022-02-11 10:06:05

Perhaps, we should have a conversation about whether professors are indeed even teachers.

keiferski | karma 26124 | avg karma 4.92 · | 2024-01-30 22:43:41

That’s not how it works in real life. Professors have PhDs in a narrow speciality in their field. They aren’t trained to be excellent teachers and teaching is often an unpleasant afterthought to them, as the main focus is doing research.

aroberge | karma 1646 | avg karma 4.49 · | 2012-10-29 18:53:07+00:00

Tenure and Academic freedom are applicable to University professors, not to teachers.

finaliteration | karma 1254 | avg karma 4.03 · | 2018-07-07 11:59:06

Maybe I’m misusing the term? Though I do feel like I remember them being referred to as professors rather than instructors.

adamnemecek | karma 57571 | avg karma 6.54 · | 2017-11-01 12:41:38+00:00

Indeed. But being a professor doesn't mean you are good at teaching either.