How university professors distribute time between doing research and educating students Some people think university professors should spend more time doing research while others think they should spend more time educating students. What is your view? (a toefl question) Many people are concerned about how university professors distribute time between doing research and educating students. Some think research，in other words，the ability of discovering original knowledge distinguishes university professors with middle school teachers who just convey the knowledge. So they argue that professors should put more time in research. Other people press that universities are the place where the young man gain the knowledge and technique. So they argue that professors should take the duty and educating should take up more time than research. I think research and educating are usually mixed, especially in graduate school. Because students try to analyze a new problem under the instruction of professor in laboratories or in fields. Gaining the new technique and solving a new difficult problem coincides. So we needn't to think too much about this issue because we can hardly tell if one section of time belongs to research or educating. I recommended anyone who simply take lectures as educating to think more broadly.