The Teaching Index

Being obsessed with impact factor (IF), who cares about teaching index as a variable for academic productivity? (when the heck are they going to differentiate and thus differently assess between a research profile and a teaching profile?)

Brilliant cartoon strip by PhD Comics my dear friend and fellow blogger Bart Bonamie sent me:

(Although the # of taught classes doesn’t prove you’re a good teacher either or does it? What -do you think- proves that? Student surveys? And what happens when it seems that you’re a good teacher? Nothing. What happens when it seems you aren’t that good? Nothing. So why the effort?. Just thinking aloud here, sorry.)