Is this an unreasonable professor

JHS
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:26:15 +0000

But schools – whether colleges or K-12 schools – exist for the benefit of students.



That’s the nub of the issue. Because it’s debatable. In this country, I would suggest that elite research universities, at least, do NOT exist for the benefit of students. They are effectively a hybrid of faculty collectives and self-sustaining real estate businesses. Undergraduate students are customers, and get catered to somewhat, but the primary goal of the institution is to support and to amuse the faculty.