September 7, 2009
Superstar Professors Renowned for Teaching? Pay Them per Student
When discussing productivity and performance at colleges and universities, the conversation often quickly moves to faculty output. This focus seems senseless.
The professors I know, tenured or not, seem to be extraordinarily engaged in their work, and seem to work plenty of hours, either at home or in the office. But many colleges use an outdated model of productivity that measures output against time on task and considers input as the best predictor of output. This was a useful model
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