Letter to the editor: In some fields, there is no teaching without research
It seems that, once again, our nation’s politicians have manufactured a dilemma: To teach or to research? If lawmakers are to be believed, it’s a “one or the other” proposition. Two mutually exclusive practices, neither of which informs the other, and one of which holds more value than the other. Unsurprisingly, this myth is once again playing out in current conversations about whether and how to fund Wisconsin’s next budget. And as with all ideas mythological and misguided, they become dangerous when put into the hands of people with real power to create policy.