Do you wonder why people without funding do research? Naw, probably not, because you do it too 
. Getting grant money involves a huge effort and most people do not have grants. However, everyone tries their best to get time to do research. In fact, universities encourage their faculty to focus on research at the expense of teaching time. This article covers a few theories on why this might happen. For example, Students gravitate toward research orientations, and Research quality has become a proxy for teaching quality. Interesting that two economists wrote it.
News: The Mystery of Faculty Priorities – Inside Higher Ed
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