Interesting; China is the number-one country in the world for producing Ph. Ds, but its academic system is afflicted by many of the same problems which plague traditional American universities. Perhaps the problem is a fundamental flaw with 1) the non-profit system of colleges and universities and 2) the dual role of teachers and researchers which many professors find themselves forced into. Perhaps a wise for-profit university administration will decide to allow its professors to specialize at being *either* teachers *or* researchers, thereby avoiding conflicts of interest between these two occupations. See Dr. Belew's blog at
TheBizofKnowledgeI agree 100% with having university folks either be researchers OR teachers. Don't know who the LAME BRAIN was that came up with the idea to combine the two. That just creates double-mindedness. Probably why there is so much discontent in universities. All the minds are so overloaded they try to find alternative government forms to accomodate the problems...