Re: Turley's staying -
CTcard - 01-09-2015
(01-09-2015, 11:27 AM)Stymie link Wrote:I wonder if the next step at Stanford might be the hiring of an "Intellectual Strength Coach" for all the undergraduates who aspire to be Nobel Prize or Fields Medal winners or even just Supreme Court Justices?Â
Those people are called professors.
Re: Turley's staying -
Stymie - 01-09-2015
So Turley, is a "Professor."Â Of what?
PS--if you really think that most Professors put in as much work and as much personal commitment to their pupils as Mr. Turley does to his, I think you are seriously mistaken.
Re: Turley's staying -
washingtonismoney - 01-09-2015
(01-09-2015, 12:07 PM)Stymie link Wrote:So Turley, is a "Professor."Â Of what?
PS--if you really think that most Professors put in as much work and as much personal commitment to their pupils as Mr. Turley does to his, I think you are seriously mistaken.
Of course, *cough cough* Turley's pupils are worth a lot more money than most students *cough cough*.
The average football player will create much more value for the university than I ever will. I have no problem with their receiving more resources.
Re: Turley's staying -
CornFed - 01-09-2015
If a person could demonstrate the specific value added to potential "thought leaders" who aspire to such lofty achievements, I am fairly confident that they would be compensated accordingly. Unfortunately, the metrics in evaluating their value-added is not as objectively determined as an improvement in vertical leap from 31" to 39".
Re: Turley's staying -
CTcard - 01-10-2015
(01-09-2015, 12:07 PM)Stymie link Wrote:PS--if you really think that most Professors put in as much work and as much personal commitment to their pupils as Mr. Turley does to his, I think you are seriously mistaken.
I was primarily commenting upon job descriptions. I don't know what an "Intellectual Strength Coach" for students aspiring to Nobel Prizes, etc. would be if not a professor.
I don't know the details of Mr. Turley's work and personal committment to his pupils, but generally most professors at Stanford put in vast amounts of both. Though indeed many consider their key pupils graduate students, any aspiring for Nobel Prizes would have to become one of those.