Colleges and universities should require all faculty to spend time working outside the academic world in professions relevant to the courses they teach.Write a response in which you discuss your views on the policy and explain your reasoning for the posit

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Colleges and universities should require all faculty to spend time working outside the academic world in professions relevant to the courses they teach.
Write a response in which you discuss your views on the policy and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider the possible consequences of implementing the policy and explain how these consequences shape your position.

Should universities and college require all faculty to spend time working outside the academic world in professions relevant to the courses they teach? I agree with this recommendation to a large extent because faculty’s exposure to industries related to their fields of study can promote academic research and teaching. this recommendation, however, may not be applicable to instructors in all fields, so I cannot fully endorse the policy.

A professor’s research can benefit from non-academic work experience due to an awareness of industrial needs and, thus, those of society. By working on the topics that have the maximum societal values, professors can not only gain more recognition but also make greater contribution to society. For example, if a faculty member from the biology department has the opportunity to work at a pharmaceutical company, he or she will have a more comprehensive understanding of the medical industry’s current needs, perhaps reflecting the difficulties of battling certain diseases. Upon his or her return to the university, he or she can focus on pressing industrial demands and test more effective medicines to combat disease, thereby benefiting society. this line of reasoning also extends to other fields of applied science and thus scientific research would benefit by having professors work outside academia.

benefits from understanding industrial needs also extend to teaching, which better prepares the students for job market. When instructors are fully aware of industrial needs, their students benefit by being better informed and thoroughly understanding the prospects of a certain career. A computer science faculty member actively participating in non-academic, industrial activities will certainly understand industrial requirements and what programming qualities are desired in this rapid-changing field better than colleagues who never leave the ivory tower. he or she will be able to share his or her insights with students, helping them become productive members of the community and gaining advantages and competitiveness. In short, professors working in industry become effective channels to relay employer demands to potential employees, which benefits their students.

Despite all the benefits mentioned above, I feel the need to point out that it is not always advisable to require all faculty members to work outside of the academic world. The connection between industry and some academic fields, such as pure mathematics and theoretical cosmology, is relatively weak. In this case, it may be difficult for faculty to find an appropriate job and if they do, the social benefit would be nominal if there is little industrial interest in their research. The nature of such fields makes students unlikely to find jobs that perfectly match what they learn. For example, there is no mathematical company that tries to solve the Goldbach’s conjecture. it would therefore be unproductive in terms of time and resources to require faculty from those fields to work outside of academia.

In conclusion, research and teaching can benefit by requiring faculty members to work in the industrial world. On the other hand it may not be desirable or productive to compel faculty from disciplines with poor industrial connections to do so. thus I do not fully agree with the recommendation but call for a careful consideration of its applicability.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, may, so, therefore, thus, for example, i feel, in conclusion, in short, such as, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 19.5258426966 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 12.4196629213 137% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.3162921348 71% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 38.0 33.0505617978 115% => OK
Preposition: 79.0 58.6224719101 135% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2906.0 2235.4752809 130% => OK
No of words: 524.0 442.535393258 118% => OK
Chars per words: 5.54580152672 5.05705443957 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.7844588288 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.21107621065 2.79657885939 115% => OK
Unique words: 268.0 215.323595506 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.511450381679 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 912.6 704.065955056 130% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 6.24550561798 176% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.4973117503 60.3974514979 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 132.090909091 118.986275619 111% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.8181818182 23.4991977007 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.54545454545 5.21951772744 106% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.197911311484 0.243740707755 81% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.074797163107 0.0831039109588 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.125005041925 0.0758088955206 165% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.138132822873 0.150359130593 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0946355411601 0.0667264976115 142% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.6 14.1392134831 117% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 39.67 48.8420337079 81% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 12.1743820225 110% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.21 12.1639044944 125% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.06 8.38706741573 108% => OK
difficult_words: 142.0 100.480337079 141% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 11.8971910112 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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