<p>Monydad:</p>
<p>I think the publish or perish mentality was far more prevalent a few decades ago. Teaching has become more of a consideration in appointments. Grad students going on the job market now have to demonstrate teaching experience. As well, taking teaching into consideration has been made easier by the prevalence of teaching evaluations. I don't believe I ever heard of evaluating my profs when I was an undergrad. Now, it is common, and student evaluations are even available online in many cases. Of course, once a prof has tenure, much of the pressure to improve teaching disappears (which would argue in favor of non-tenure track faculty, no?)</p>