[ExTxMarine]

At the higher levels, that may mean competing for grants and running laboratories that employ and educate students; at lower levels, that may mean facing relentless pressure to publish while making sure students are exposed to cutting-edge knowledge in their field.

So, let me get this straight:

According to the academia nuts, the main job of college professors is to try and convince people to send them money to do research (that their students actually perform) and to try and convince everyone else that they actually know what the hell they are talking about?!?!

Tell me again how and why college is such a "good investment"?!?!?!

[Paladin2]

There is plenty of gov,t money availabe to study the effects of global warming on just about anything.