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I've heard a number of stories in the UK, U.S. and Australia where the University employs the professor for research and not teaching. The Professor hates teaching and treats it like an inconvenience. Then students are screwed over.

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This professor was, quite literally, on a teaching only contract.

This is true in some countries. You have to be a teacher in order to get/keep your job but you would rather be a researcher.

If you want to do only research than be a researcher. Universities and labs hire plenty of them. Professors do research and teach. It's a part of the profession. The requirements of being a professor aren't exactly a secret so there is no excuse to being a shitty teacher if teaching is literally a component of the job.

The universities that pay their salaries and the students that pay the universities should demand more from their professors. If students get poor grades for not understanding the assignment then it is only fair that bad professors get a poor review for not understanding the assignment.

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