<p>bc,
You seem far more convinced than I that these folks are often effective teachers or that highly effective undergraduate teaching (as measured from the consumer’s perspective!!) is actually a priority for top college researchers, but I guess folks can disagree on these perceptions. </p>
<p>Regardless, I hope you will agree that the folks running academia and the research university’s priorities in tenure promotion are the research capabilities/contributions first (and commonly by a large margin) and effective undergraduate teaching second. </p>
<p>And goodness knows that the PA scores have nothing to do with collegiate instruction and the typical undergraduate’s satisfaction with his/her experience in the classroom.</p>