FloridaProfessor
Miami, FL
Female, 33
As a tenure-track member of a university faculty, I’m one part teaching, one part research. Teaching-to-research ratios vary from school to school. At a research-focused school, professors are judged largely on their research productivity – the # of journal articles, chapters, and books they publish, as well as the prestige of the publications. At a “balanced” school, professors are required to teach more and have less rigid research requirements. Ask me anything about being a college professor.
Most professors will say yes regardless. We all have a standard recommendation letter we use and then try to personalize it. A better review will come from a professor who knows you.
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Research is a fairly solitary activity. At a more researched-focused school it may be the case that some professors don’t come to campus five days a week and/or go leave the college town for months at a time, particularly in the summer. That being said, for some professors one of the benefits and reasons to work on campus is in order to enjoy the company of others. There is certainly camaraderie across the field – at conferences and such. But on a daily basis it can be a fairly solitary career.
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A Ph.D. is absolutely necessary. There are some adjunct faculty or lecturers without one. But almost all tenure-track professors have the terminal degree.
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If it's not related to the school we don't care at all. Ratings gathered by the school matter because this is what we are judged on in terms of keeping our jobs.
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SWAT Team Commander (Retired)
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Former IRS Revenue Officer
Did you ever deal with people who tried the 'Wesley Snipes' defense?
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I wouldn't know because I'm not interested. But I suspect it's probably not a smooth move if I want to keep my job.
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My path to becoming a professor was not the typical one. In my field virtually everyone getting a PhD is intending to become an academic. This was not necessarily the case with me. I had an idea of what I wanted to learn and a PhD in my field seemed the best way to learn this material. Then, once entering the world of academia and seeing what it was like, I found I really enjoyed it and so I decided to pursue an academic career.
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Hypothetically sure. In reality it hasn't happened and I would wager against it happening.
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