r/Professors is a subreddit with 202k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses looking, students, teaching, worst, and ai, and they frequently recommend/review dress shoes, work bag, and scheduling software.
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Popular Themes in r/Professors
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Stop failing AI writing for being academically dishonest. Start failing it for being awful."
10 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Any idea on how to deal with students who blames the teacher for their own problems?"
6 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Looking for a Way to Message All Students at Once"
2 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Current assistant professor applying for assistant professor position at larger university in the same city"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Professors
#1
Looking
15 posts
#2
Students
12 posts
#3
Teaching
8 posts
#4
Worst
7 posts
#5
Ai
5 posts
#6
Tools
4 posts
#7
Job
4 posts
#8
Struggling
4 posts
#9
Hate
4 posts
#10
Hard Time
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
: "Why is everyone late??"
18 posts
#2
Rants / Vents
: "My pilot is blowing a 0.15% BAC, but he promised he had a big breakfast and he really has to get home for his kid's birthday party. Do I let him fly the plane? (Fail your students.)"
11 posts
#3
Teaching / Pedagogy
: "Stop failing AI writing for being academically dishonest. Start failing it for being awful."
11 posts
#4
Research / Publication(s)
: "This is the rejection letter Nature sent to Peter J. Ratcliffe during his early research into how cells respond to low oxygen levels. He shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that revealed how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability 27 years later."
4 posts
#5
Academic Integrity
: "Have you ever been pressured by admin/athletics department to boost an athlete’s grade?"
4 posts
#6
Humor
: "Whose campus is this???"
3 posts
#7
Weekly Thread
: "Oct 14: Wholesome Wednesday"
1 post
#8
Other (Editable)
: "Professors, what is the most appropriate way for a college professor to respond when a student says they are being affected by DV?"
1 post
Member Growth in r/Professors
Yearly
+35k members(21.0%)
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Last updated: October 15, 2026