Can professors use their own textbooks?
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Can professors use their own textbooks?
No. Not under most circumstances. Assigning one’s own textbook (or “course packet,” a collection of readings that the professor prepares specifically for a course) is, on the face of it, ethical. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) agrees in their statement on the issue.
What do they teach in IIT?
IITs are mainly know for teaching sciences and technology as the name suggest but lately they have also adopted to the management education and most of them have even started courses in management education. Some of the most famous programs taught at IITs are: B. Tech (Bachelor of Technology)
Can professors make you buy their book?
(4) Often, it’s cheaper for the student if the professor creates the textbook. Many of the major textbooks in literature classes are authored anthologies with contributions from 40–50 authors.
How much do professors make off textbooks?
On average, a textbook author can make anywhere from five to 15 percent in royalties for their textbooks, according to an article written by Dr. David Rees of Southern Utah University. So if a University Math II textbook costs $110, at 10 percent per 30 students in their class, that’s $330.
Why do professors write their own textbooks?
Beyond the financial aspect of writing and assigning their own textbooks, professors say they create their own course materials because the alternatives simply aren’t good enough. However, some professors are rejecting traditional textbooks entirely in their quest for superior course material.
Under standard royalties, an author gets roughly 20 to 30\% of the publisher’s revenue for a hardcover, 15\% for a trade paperback, and 25\% for an eBook. So, very roughly, every hardcover release that earns out brings the author something like 25\% of all revenue earned by the publisher.
Do the lecturers at IITs try their best to teach?
All of them try their best to teach us. But actually IIT is not because of the lecturers teaching here it’s because of we students (IITian’s) studying here.Here in IIT you learn most of the things from your peer group rather than the professors. they teach well but still not better then the teachers of the coaching centres for JEE preperation.
What is the purpose of getting into IITs?
A student is supposed to learn himself and study references in library. Now purpose of getting into IIT is just to get a placement in private sector not to learn. Those who learn there (Research students and M Tech) are called senior citizens.
What is the role of IIT faculty in a coaching center?
IIT faculty is not a trainer of a coaching center. He is not there to teach students. He is there to guide students to pass on what he knows. A student is supposed to learn himself and study references in library. Now purpose of getting into IIT is just to get a placement in private sector not to learn.
When does a professor not use a book in a course?
If the book is relevant, but the professor assigns students to buy the book and then never uses the book in the course. If the book is clearly inferior to other available materials. Perhaps the professor self-publishes a book that no other self-respecting instructor would ever adopt.
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