Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Guy Bennett wrote: >> Though much of this activity is > without significance in the "real world," real world values are meaningless > in the academy: it is a self-validating system that generally does not > recognize non-academic achievement. > Actually, my experience has been precisely the opposite - While I agree entirely that virtually no one in the 'real world' gives a rat's behind about your academic credentials once you get past your first job, I have found that some folks in academia will grant 'equivalence' to certain real-world accomplishments when hiring for positions in academia. At both Harvard Medical School, where I was briefly the Director of Media Affairs and had an academic appointment, and at MIT, where I teach, my credentials in the world of journalism are viewed by academics as being the equivalent of a doctorate in their world. The bottom line, I believe, is that at these particular institutions the academics have enough self-confidence to understand that they know what they know, and that I know what I know, and what I know is as much of value to students as what they know. (Does that make sense:-) ) B. D. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html