The excellent teacher commands no respect in the academy at all. And the quality of our readers and audiences. It's passion that counts. And hard work. There aren't many of us who would dare talk about passion these days.
Students now have minimal contact with staff.
At postgraduate level we supervise far too many students. There's no time for pastoral care or real intellectual exchange. Staff don't have much contact with each other, either. Nobody turns up to seminars any more. We give each other a frazzled not as we pass in the corridors.