Academics urge universities to change culture to value teaching as highly as research
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 15:01
in Mathematics & Economics
The reward systems at universities heavily favor science, math and engineering research at the expense of teaching, which can and must change. That's the conclusion of UC Irvine biology professor Diane K. O'Dowd and research professors at Harvard University, Yale University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and elsewhere.