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<p>In effect, what you’re advocating is already in place at the Top 30 or so LACs…with the system tilted in favor of good teaching. In such places, if your teaching evaluations are mediocre, you won’t get tenure even with good/great research output. </p>
<p>Then again, most professors with such inclinations will never apply for LAC positions for this very reason along with a much heavier teaching load of teaching only undergrads. </p>
<p>On the other hand, if your research output isn’t deemed adequate in quantity and quality, you also won’t get tenure…especially when research requirements at LACs are lower than those of their research university counterparts.</p>