> No, but they are exposing an internal contradiction of academia. Academics want to research, students want them to teach.

I disagree. Some academics want to do research. Some want to teach. However, the way for a university to gain prestige is to have active research programs, so prestigious universities emphasize research over teaching, and the prestige attracts students better than quality teaching does. If there's a contradiction, it's that students say they want to be taught, but when given the choice, choose prestige over teaching.