Re: [ifip-tc6sublist] Research and Teaching

Otto, thanks for the article. As far as I know it is true. I was once told that a large and well known state university system promotes on the basis of admistrative ability, teaching ability and research ability. But the assumption is that all professors are good administrators and good teachers so the only thing left is research --- and that one can measure with a scale. But there are professors in the US that care and are gifted teachers; happily, I have had to do with several of them. But is the situation any different in Europe? Not that I have seen. What I have seen here is that politics sometimes seems to play an even more important role than research ; ) ! Best regards to all, Harry