Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for August 02, 2014
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Transcript:
Academician versus person from anywhere else
Ugh. We have this thing in Academia called "publish or perish."
Oh, yeah, we have that. It's called "do your job or get fired."
I’ve known some good professors, fine teachers, who had to transfer to other colleges because they were not able to “publish.” One had a manuscript put together but was unable to find a publisher who would print it. A waste of talent.
Is an academic’s job to teach, or to publish?
I’ve known some good professors, fine teachers, who had to transfer to other colleges because they were not able to “publish.” One had a manuscript put together but was unable to find a publisher who would print it. A waste of talent.