«A large number of elite universities do not direct sufficient attention to wet - bench laboratory experiences for a variety of reasons, including expense of time and equipment and the overall difficulty of
convincing senior faculty to participate in laboratory instruction,» says Dahms.
The reason for this, I'm
convinced, is that new
faculty — though very smart and well read (and probably better educated than most of their
senior colleagues), though religiously observant and already experienced in teaching, though flexible, open and good - humored — have not found a vocation, do not know what purpose they want to serve.