Over the past few years, a new debate has emerged over how universities should concentrate their faculty's work. Many universities have begun shifting their focus away from research and toward better teaching methods. However, a number of reasons exist which suggest that this research is essential for universities to function properly.
One of the most important considerations for any college is its ranking among other institutions. A higher ranking benefits a university by drawing in more students. Most ranking systems put an emphasis on research work done by the faculty. Without an adequate base of research and published work, it is unlikely that a university will gain high marks in university ran kings.
Another benefit of focusing on research is that more faculties are likely to gain wider recognition. “Public intellectuals” -famous professors whose work has been recognized by the public at large- do a great deal to increase a university's prestige. Public intellectuals draw in more students and attract funding for the college. Without a focus on research, it is less likely that a university will produce a public intellectual.
Besides public appearance for a university, a focus on research can also directly benefit the students that attend the university. Professors that do more research in their field tend to have a better grasp of their subject and are more informed. This results in a better education for the students learning under them.
These considerations make it clear how important it is for colleges to focus on research. Choosing to focus on research not only improves the university's standing, but also ensures that the students attending get only the very best education.
The reading states that focusing on research is more important for universities in order to have a better performance and proposes three reasons for this belief. The lecture, however, finds the idea dubious and casts doubt on the reasons proposed by the reading passage.
The author argues that a decisivie factor in calculating universities ranking is directly trlated to professors' research, so as the ranking is one of parameters for evaluating universities that students consider, professors have to stay focused on their research. Conversely, the lecturer brings up the idea that in todays' ranking systems, the way professors teach their students is more important than the number of their publications and discoveries. As a result, shifting the focus from research to teaching methods can be beneficial for universities to attract more students.
Futhermore, the reading passage holds the view that having public intellectuals is a good benefit, by which the universities will become more popular among students and becoming a public intellectual is the direct result of an intelectual's research. On the contrary, the professor underlines the fact that the quality of teachers' work is more important for people in comparison to the quantity of their work, especially the number of their published papers. So, it is more practical for professors to concentrate on their teaching methods in order to be a public intellectual in future, and also help the popularity of their universities.
Finally, the reading asserts that focusing on research can be beneficial for students as well as universities, because they can become well-educated by studying under the supervision of professors who have a lot of information about subjects in their fields because of their strong research. In contrast, the speaker dismisses this issue due to the fact that there are some professors with a good, strong research experice who cannot deliver engaging lecturers. Since, the porpuse of teachers is to provide students with their knowledge, it is obvious for all that this purpose in closely related to teaching methods in comparison to research background of professors.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, conversely, finally, however, if, so, well, in contrast, as a result, as well as, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 50.0 30.3222958057 165% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1826.0 1373.03311258 133% => OK
No of words: 339.0 270.72406181 125% => OK
Chars per words: 5.38643067847 5.08290768461 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.29091512845 4.04702891845 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.03514738193 2.5805825403 118% => OK
Unique words: 166.0 145.348785872 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.489675516224 0.540411800872 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 562.5 419.366225166 134% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 13.0662251656 84% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 30.0 21.2450331126 141% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 53.4505255137 49.2860985944 108% => OK
Chars per sentence: 166.0 110.228320801 151% => OK
Words per sentence: 30.8181818182 21.698381199 142% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.36363636364 7.06452816374 133% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 4.33554083885 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 4.45695364238 22% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.253032813151 0.272083759551 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.110506452863 0.0996497079465 111% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0525696844232 0.0662205650399 79% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.163750166477 0.162205337803 101% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0489575237361 0.0443174109184 110% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 19.4 13.3589403974 145% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 32.57 53.8541721854 60% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 5.55761589404 202% => Smog_index is high.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 16.2 11.0289183223 147% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.57 12.2367328918 119% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.18 8.42419426049 109% => OK
difficult_words: 87.0 63.6247240618 137% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 10.7273730684 135% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.0 10.498013245 133% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.2008830022 134% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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