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The present perfect progressive works the same way: you cannot use a specific time. Therefore, I have been teaching at Columbia University today is incorrect.
However, just like the present perfect, you can use the words since and for.
The professor could reply with either of these two responses:
I have been teaching at Columbia University for 23 years
OR
I have been teaching at Columbia University since 1978...
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If you remember correctly, there are 2 kinds of present perfect:
SINCE or FOR?
Example
Meaning
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NO since or for
I have smoked.
NOT SURE it continues
The person smoked in the past (we don't know when), and he/she may still smoke, but we do not know.
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YES, there is since or for
I have smoked for 12 years...
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