Subj : Re: RIP Niklaus Wirth
To   : Adept
From : tenser
Date : Sun Feb 11 2024 13:08:13

On 09 Feb 2024 at 04:42p, Adept pondered and said...
 
 Ad>  DW> They may not be the best teachers, but they do have more knowledge th
 Ad>  DW> a teacher who has never had a "real job".
 Ad> 
 Ad> It does seem like something that might be ideal as guest lecturers of
 Ad> some sort.

Such a thing exists; at least at the collegiate level.
That's precisely what adjunct professors are supposed
to be: people with relevant domain experience who assist
with _teaching_ at the college level.  Often these
people have lots of industry experience and quite
possibly advanced degrees in the field.  I've taught a
few classes that way (at MIT and NYU; both CS).

Sadly, the adjunct system is now being abused to provide
low-wage teaching labor in universities where tenure track
faculty don't want to do it, or where there just aren't
enough full-time faculty to meet the teaching demand, and
the administration doesn't want to great new positions.

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