Inept tenured professors shortchanging students to do research By Elizabeth Scandizzo I don't know about you guys, but I came to this university to learn something. I have always wanted to expand my mind and broaden my horizons, but somehow this institution believes that people come here only because of the name UCLA has generated through its high-profile research. This is not so for many of us. He gave a professor's perspective on the university's attitude toward visiting lecturers and teaching - so now here is a student's. People view public universities as degree factories that simply produce mindless individuals with a piece of paper in hand.
Little thought is given to the idea that some students really want to think and learn.
Well, UCLA has finally lived up to that reputation of the public university. They taunt us with professors who give a damn about their students' learning and thinking, and then throw them away like an old pair of shoes. When I first came to UCLA, I had no idea what a visiting lecturer was, although I had a handful of them. It is a misleading title. It is more than the title that proves how little respect these professors are given.