Biology professor, Abilene Christian University. I came to the United States in 1988 and to ACU in 1997. I was a researcher for a pharmaceutical company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I still have collaboration with my former employer. I have grown to enjoy teaching, but it was definitely a big change.
Industry is interested in the bottom line.
There is less of a human side to it. I have a few Asian students in class. They have tremendous difficulties with language. They perform well in analytical work but less well in writing papers or reading. Their families don't have a negative opinion of Christians.