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economy
make sure everything is up to
par.
And research itself helps
keep teaching up to par,
according to Splinter. As the
state’s land-grant university,
education and research are
part of NU’s mission.
The key is to find the right
balance.
At institutions with
primarily a teaching mission,
such as the state colleges,
professors must teach full
time, Splinter said. A profes
sor working on a project
cannot spend as much time
on his students.
On the flip side, universi
ties like the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
devote more time to pure
research than lower level
courses.
Because of Nil’s mission,
"we're... responsible not only
to teach a course, but to
develop the next level of
knowledge that goes into
teaching the next course,"
Splinter said. ‘State colleges
are limited to what’s already
in the book."
However, Splinter said
research "should not be
regarded as a handicap."
Rather, discovery is just the
vehicle to take the University
of Nebraska into the 21st
century.
“Research has no
predictable end point,”
Splinter said.
Neither does NU.
JAMES MESH LING/SOWER