r/Professors is a subreddit with 195k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses looking, students, worst, hate, and ai, and they frequently recommend/review dress shoes, work bag, and scheduling software.
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Popular Themes in r/Professors
#1
Advice Requests
: "Student *not* working with Office of Accessibility but you suspect they should be?"
7 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Online asynchronous class started Saturday. One student has already told me that they are going on a cruise today and aren't sure that they will have good enough wifi. Is it too harsh to say "sounds like poor planning on your part. I accept late work with a penalty.""
6 posts
#3
Opportunities
: "Anyone consider leaving TT job for uni admin positions (or actually made the move)?"
2 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "Suggestions for Semester Calendar creation"
1 post
#5
Money Talk
: "Would you leave a tenure-track faculty position (R2 or teaching) for a high-paying industry job?"
1 post
#6
News
: "AAUP, Texas AAUP-AFT file lawsuit against Texas Tech System"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Professors
#1
Looking
15 posts
#2
Students
: "One of those Students"
11 posts
#3
Worst
9 posts
#4
Hate
7 posts
#5
Ai
: "Ai detection in the future"
7 posts
#6
Struggling
6 posts
#7
Teaching
6 posts
#8
Tired
5 posts
#9
Hard Time
5 posts
#10
Tools
4 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
: "Anyone consider leaving TT job for uni admin positions (or actually made the move)?"
12 posts
#2
Teaching / Pedagogy
: "Not scheduled for a Fall class despite asking multiple times..."
7 posts
#3
Technology
: "The End of Reading is Here - The Atlantic"
5 posts
#4
Rants / Vents
: "Vent— Grad Students?"
5 posts
#5
Research / Publication(s)
: "Collaborators using LLMs to make huge leaps of progress per week, unable to keep up."
4 posts
#6
Humor
: "Amy Poehler and Mindy Kaling imagine the life of a college professor!"
4 posts
#7
Academic Integrity
: "Online testers."
3 posts
#8
Weekly Thread
: "Jul 05: (small) Success Sunday"
3 posts
#9
Book Recommendation
: "Book: The Life of the Mind, Christine Smallwood"
1 post
#10
Other (Editable)
: "3 year bachelors degree?"
1 post
Member Growth in r/Professors
Yearly
+35k members(21.6%)
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Last updated: July 10, 2026