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Re:The Nigerian professor who makes more money welding by jojobas on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @12:02AM (#39200154)
Professors aren't "trained". If you're not an excellent teacher you have no business being a professor. You're thinking "researcher".
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Re:The Nigerian professor who makes more money welding by keiferski on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @12:15AM (#39200235)
Again, that’s not how academia actually works. Professors are hired based on research output and potential, not teaching ability.
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Re:The Nigerian professor who makes more money welding by hilux on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @01:04AM (#39200524)
"Professor" and "researcher" are synonymous at American research universities.

I've worked for two world-famous research universities. Getting tenure is insanely difficult, and has approximately zero to do with teaching ability.

(It's different for adjuncts, lecturers, others who are hired to teach. But they have different titles.)

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