“For all the talk about how research universities place an increasing value on teaching, a survey on tenure standards in political science departments finds not only that research remains dominant, but that poor teaching may be tolerated at doctoral-granting universities. A national survey of department chairs found that superior research compensates for ‘mediocre teaching’ at 55% of PhD granting institutions, compared to 34% of master’s institutions and 17% of bachelor’s institutions …” (more)
[Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, 20 July]