Abstract:
Teaching inefficiency at the university level is often blamed on the "publish or perish" policies that have gained reputation in the past decade. The argument is that professors are somehow forced to conduct and report research in order to keep up with their colleagues to the detriment of classroom instruction. Along with his research, however, the professor has many other duties to attend to that are not strictly teaching. The combination of all these activities may well be the reason for poor quality teaching. Two types of bad situations may exist. In the first place, a professor who is deeply research-oriented may be assigned teaching duties which he really does not want, while a professor who genuinely enjoys teaching may be assigned research and a host of other jobs which rob him of time he would devote to teaching preparation in order to do a creditable job.
Keywords:
professor duties, research, teaching inefficiency
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