r/Professors is a subreddit with 194k members. The community frequently discusses students, teaching, student, ai, and grading, and they frequently recommend/review dress shoes, work bag, and scheduling software, and the most common flair used is advice / support, rants / vents, teaching / pedagogy, humor, and academic integrity.
Welcome to r/Professors! This sub is for discussions amongst college & university faculty. Whether you are an adjunct, a lecturer, a grad TA or tenured stream if you teach students at the college level, this space is for you! While we welcome students and non-academics lurking and learning, posts and comments are not allowed. Please read the rules at https://www.reddit.com/r/Professors/wiki/rules before posting, and please reach out to the moderation team via modmail if you have any questions.
Popular Topics in r/Professors
#1
Students
75 posts
#2
Teaching
59 posts
#3
Student
38 posts
#4
Ai
35 posts
#5
Grading
22 posts
#6
Hard Time
22 posts
#7
Class
21 posts
#8
Frustrating
19 posts
#9
Looking
15 posts
#10
Professor
15 posts
Products Discussed in r/Professors
Dress Shoes
58 reviews
#1
Clarks
4.5★ from 10 reviews
#2
Dansko
5.0★ from 4 reviews
#3
Vionic
4.3★ from 4 reviews
Work Bag
31 reviews
#1
Filson
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
Timbuk2
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#3
Tom Bihn
5.0★ from 2 reviews
Scheduling Software
7 reviews
#1
Microsoft Excel
2.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Outlook
3.0★ from 1 review
#3
Slack
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/Professors
#1
Advice / Support
: "Majority of my class failed, and now I'm being questioned by administration"
14 posts
#2
Rants / Vents
: "An ABSURD accommodation request!"
13 posts
#3
Teaching / Pedagogy
: "Sharing my favorite course evaluation comment"
12 posts
#4
Humor
: "Oh, so you ghosted me? Sorry about the exclamation mark."
9 posts
#5
Academic Integrity
: "Accidental way I have been able weed out Bots and decrease Ai use: Requiring screenshots of something specific/detailed"
7 posts
#6
News
: "People fired over Charlie Kirk posts get big payouts for First Amendment retaliation"
3 posts
#7
Research / Publication(s)
: "The administration’s plan to destroy U.S. science as we know it"
2 posts
#8
Technology
: "Academia was enshittifying long before AI. AI just hit the accelerator."
2 posts
#9
Other (Editable)
: "Just got promoted to full!"
1 post
#10
Policy
: "Many students are being pushed through to high school graduation without attaining the requisite literacy and numeracy. This isn't new. What's new is..."
1 post
Member Growth in r/Professors
Yearly
+34k members(21.3%)
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Last updated: June 26, 2026