Question for those of you who currently teach at the University level.

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9. That doesn't go with what we have seen at our institution.

Not sure what field you are applying in, but if you are hard science or engineering, research is what they want. You will still have to teach, but if you are successful in getting large grants (over a million). you won't be teaching long. The pressure will increase for you to continue to get renewals on those grants, and your tenure will be tied to your grant production.

I don't know what you mean by "old rules", they have changed dramatically since we got here. We have friends teaching at top 10 schools and things are even more research based at those schools.

If you are social science and trying to do research, blame the government, they aren't funding that research much any more, same with education. When biochemistry funding has been cut to the bone you know social science people are hurting.

Good luck to you, don't adjunct long, it paints you with a brush that makes finding a tenure track position pretty hard.