What happened to the President search?

It has  to do with a lot of college professors washing out of the private sector before escaping into academics.  Remember the  great line from Ghost Busters 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKT-eWMWXOE&ab_channel=RyanStiner

Kind of sums it all up. 

Engineering profs and business profs ought to have been in the field.  That they come to the University, usually giving up higher income prospects, doesn't mean they are failures in business or science or whatever field.  When they work at the U, the job itself prevents the working much more than a very small part of the time in the real world, that is true, and that means the students get that time, so that's not all bad. 

Now a philosophy professor or history professor or lit professor usually contributes to students without the prof having any direct practical application in mind.  Liberal education and university education generally is not all applied knowledge and should not be. Showing up for philosophy class and turning in assignments is actually pretty good practice for the work world.  Listening and asking questions,figuring out how to read the manual and think differently and arguing with the prof is good practice too.

Not always tangible results I admit...

As I said, these projects can be great.  I support immersive learning.   It makes perfect sense, as a good example, to produce video for SportsLink.  That is after all what the majors will be doing.  For students in a group to manage the money in the Student Managed Investment Fund is great for a finance major and it is appropriate to have to work in a group and interact as they do with the Foundation.    For other projects requiring that format in a relatively artificial way is another thing.

The idea that the immersive learning project has to be at a minimum a group project with an artificially contrived structure to qualify as a plus and allow support by a faculty member who makes an effort to support it is not always good.  It means faculty time is channeled into projects that fit that definition, instead of other work that may have equal or more impact on an individual student.

Those other activities can be a critical part of the process of job search and provide invaluable experience.  But unfortunately if it doesn't count for the faculty member who works with a real world firm and sets up that internship or experiential learning, resources are shifted to other projects.  That should not happen, the definition should not be so narrow.  

Students appearing in slick ads featuring their work product video is fine, but it's not the only way to fly and most first jobs for most grads do not involve the "group" format, or video, or other restrictions on immersive learning.

You are just wrong. Most business Profs gave up a middle management career at a bank or like institution that would pay in the middling high five figures right now, where you sure as hell wouldn't get a fully matched 401-k or other benefits that the typical full prof receives. Do you really think the BSU Finance Department Profs teaching Investment courses have "Wall Street" begging their services.

Most liberal arts majors rarely ever pursue actual employment in their field of study, so the ones who do are sort stuck in the academic system where they will suck it up and pay their dues just like all professionals.

As far as my father goes believe me he enjoyed teaching until he was pressured to give passing grades to mid career adult students, in an evening division program, who had no business taking full credit college courses. However he would have bugged years earlier without the generous 401-k match, family medical insurance, and child tuition waiver. Besides it never curtailed his other income stream anyway, so yes it was largely about money.

You have my support!

Yeah, sure........I'm pretty certain Hunsaker coached in the CBA, Grand Rapids, I think....

I've made an offer on a used motor home for my outreach campaign......ignore the My Man Mitch wrap on the side.  I assume I can park it next to the sled for football opening game.

Can I count you in?