Dear Editor:

Conestoga College president John Tibbits thinks university
faculty should do less research and more teaching, according to
an article in the Record on June 17.

Presumably, this means professors should abandon the research
that has successfully spawned dozens of spin-off companies, such
as Waterloo Maple, which provide employment and tax revenues
to local communities.

Instead we should spend our time teaching such stirring and
vital Conestoga College courses such as "Advanced Psychic World"
and "Reincarnation -- Who Were You?" (No, I'm not making these up.)

With leaders like this, it is no wonder Canada's institutions of
higher education are experiencing a brain drain to the US.

Jeffrey Shallit
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Waterloo