Absolutely, at the highest levels, where <i>you</i> are doing research, working with researchers, and working in labs, then you definitely want brilliant researchers hired for their research background. I just don&#x27;t think that&#x27;s true for the majority of undergraduate or even graduate students. And (I think), universities are very good at hiring for research ability.<p>Hiring for teaching ability they are not good at, even when they intend to.