The college I went to explicitly billed itself as for teaching, and most of our professors were just that. They might do research with the upperclassmen, but their priority was teaching.
That is, until we got a new president who set a new strategic goal for being a top research school and adjusted all hiring and tenure standards for that.
That is, until we got a new president who set a new strategic goal for being a top research school and adjusted all hiring and tenure standards for that.