It's maybe not surprising, but in the debate that's been ongoing over the past few months, the official reason many professors weren't teaching was that they were researching. Research, it was said, was perhaps more valuable than teaching because it brought in money and boosted the stature of UT. I happen to think both are valuable. I think more than 10% of faculty bringing in 90% of research dollars or 20% bringing in 99.8%, you just wonder whether the remaining 80% could, as a group, increase their teaching loads by a relatively small percentage and help shrink class sizes, give students more one-on-one attention, etc. etc. Maybe another angle on this data would be just looking at published papers and comparing those figures to some of these other figures. Either way, I'd love to see more data.
At most public universities promotion & tenure decisions are based on public service __________________________________________________ looks like they need to join a fraternity. no wonder tuition has gone up 3 times the rate of inflation.
