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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
Lack of high-impact research publications. Lack of grants and history of obtaining grants. To some degree, the kind of science professors you would have at a liberal arts college that doesn't have graduate programs. How can you run wet-labs and not have a meaningful graduate program? End of story.
However, I believe things are trending towards better research, more graduate students, better-qualified young faculty.
When BYU was rapidly expanding back in the day (1970s?), they hired a lot of suspect faculty who ended up with tenure. Those guys are dying off.
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I guess funding is more critical in science. In the social sciences all you need is money to purchase datasets and get an RA.
Bateman moved BYU in the research direction and (at least in econ polisci) professors are under the same pressure to publish.