Definitely for those who just want to teach. But they give tenure

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Aug 5, 2019
8:35:35pm

Monomachos All-American

Definitely for those who just want to teach. But they give tenure

after only three years

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Monomachos

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For a while, I thought about getting a PhD so I could teach at a college

Doctor Rosenrosen

8/5/19 3:46pm

yeah that sounds like a massive grind.

Mayor of Cougartown

8/5/19 3:49pm

Liberal Arts colleges aren't purely teach only, but less research pressure

The Dark Knight

8/5/19 3:51pm

If I was unmarried and had no children, I'd go back to teaching at a university

TheWanderer

8/5/19 3:51pm

My engineering PI loved the science of his job and absoutely hated chasing fund

Kauai

8/5/19 3:53pm

I agree with most of what you've said.

SweetBabyG

8/5/19 4:09pm

Publishing requirements, teaching loads, and grant-seeking

Monomachos

8/5/19 4:46pm

I cannot see the BYU-Idaho approach being enticing to many academics.

TheWanderer

8/5/19 4:59pm

Definitely for those who just want to teach. But they give tenure

Monomachos

8/5/19 8:35pm

At a school like BYU-Idaho, why does tenure even matter?

TheWanderer

8/5/19 10:01pm

It basically is about job-security. A person is in a probabtionary status

Monomachos

8/5/19 10:10pm

Good point that there is a LOT of variety within and between schools.

SweetBabyG

8/5/19 5:15pm

You’re not looking hard enough. There are plenty of institutions that value

8/5/19 4:49pm

Student learning outcomes + high quality research go hand in hand.

a priori

8/5/19 5:49pm

Pfft, there are faculty researchers who don’t teach a single undergraduate

8/5/19 7:39pm

That also varies from school to school. For example Princeton

Monomachos

8/5/19 8:38pm

Yes, yes, yes. This is critical.

TheWanderer

8/5/19 10:03pm

Try looking at a training and development position at a large company

lbmango

8/6/19 1:14am

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