Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT:Photo grad school.
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 14:53:38 -0500
References: <B827D21D.2F14%george@rdcinteractive.com>

Oh, THAT little school...;-)....I teach news writing, science feature 
writing, and starting in Feb. will be teaching a new course in 
documentary photography and photojournalism.

B. D.

George Day wrote:

> B.D.,
> 
> What do you teach at MIT?  I spent some time at that other little school
> down from you...
> 
> 
> on 11/26/01 10:29 AM, B. D. Colen at bdcolen@earthlink.net wrote:
> 
> 
>>
>>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.
>>
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