Re: [xmca] Fwd: [Air-L] An Australian researcher decries acadamia as career option

[Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net>]

Yes Mike, this is the picture that was already taking shape 
when I retired 7 years ago. I'm glad to be out of it, but 
the problem is that although I have no desire to either get 
a PhD or supervise someone else's, all the people I try to 
collaborate with are either trying to get a PhD or 
supervising others, and both seem to be low paid 24/7 jobs 
which leave no time for the kind of self-motivating projects 
I am interested in.

Now that the university is open to the masses, the ruling 
elite have trashed it. There is almost no campus life, as 
all the students think they have to work at the same time, 
and submit their essays etc., etc., on line anyway. And even 
the academics work from home and have other jobs.

Andy

mike cole wrote:
> Andy!
> for your eyes only.
> :-)
> mike
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Denise N. Rall <denrall@yahoo.com>
> Date: Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 5:18 PM
> Subject: [Air-L] An Australian researcher decries acadamia as career option
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> For those of us considering employment options in the New Year:
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> "Why Academia Is No Longer A Smart Choice"
> by Melissa Gregg
> http://newmatilda.com/2009/11/24/academia-no-longer-smart-choice
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> Denise N. Rall, PhD. Special Projects, Faculty of Arts & Science,  Southern
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