Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, DAMN, Sonny, that's the best part of being on campus!! SonC (Sonny Carter) wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 12:29 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT:Photo grad school. > > > >> >>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. >>> >>> >>B.D. replied: >>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. >> > > B.D. > My experience mirrors yours in this regard. Here at NSU, while not > faculty, I'm included in faculty meetings, committees and many other > aspects of academic life. The only thing I don't have to do that they > do is march in the commencement. > > Regards, > > Sonny > > > > >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see >> > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html