Does Scientific Research “Destroy” Education?

Not long ago,Lin Jiaqiao,a famous ap-plied mathematician,said in an interview thatteaching and scientific research at the Mas-sachusetts Institute of Technology wereclearly separated from one another.Thereare two separate departments in charge ofteaching and scientific research;teachers donot wear two hats.This differs from the Chinese practice.For teachers of the humanities,for example,research means writing articles.To startwith,there was only a quantitative require-ment,but this has grad…