Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Right...Maybe we can trade the wackjob liberals for a bunch of wackjob conservatives...;-) Andrew Schroter wrote: > Well, all those way out liberal P.C. Profs are going to be leaving? Yeah!!! > I'm hoping against hope that the next generation will be a more balanced > lot. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Langer" <mlanger@ccs.carleton.ca> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 8:03 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT:Photo grad school > > > >>>Guy, >>> >>I have to differ with you. The Baby Boom generation that has occupied >> > most of the professoriate is now on the verge of retirement, and since the > education cutbacks of the 80s and early 90s > >>stopped most faculty renewal in a period when the size of most university >> > faculty bodies actually grew smaller, there is going to be a large faculty > shortage. The shortage of graduate students, > >>according to most studies that have been done, is largely due to the >> > dramatically increased costs of attending graduate school, plus the fact > that PhDs salaries in the university sector have not > >>kept pace with those offered by the private sector, where PhDs are in far >> > greater demand than ever before. This applies not only to areas like > engineering and computer science, but even to PhDs > >>in the humanities. I have no idea where the professoriate of the future >> > is coming from, but if there aren't changes to the system that currently > exists, I worry about the future of higher > >>education in North America. >> >>Mark >> >> >>>------------------------------ >>> >>>Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 16:35:00 -0800 >>>From: Guy Bennett <gbennett@lainet.com> >>>Subject: Re: [Leica] OT:Photo grad school. >>>Message-ID: <v04011705b8288e8a2af7@[66.81.51.16]> >>>References: <v04011703b828452046ad@[66.81.51.16]> >>> >>>>Another factor is that it is pretty hard, at least in my neck of the >>>> > woods, > >>>>not to bean a couple of humanities PhD graduates with any randomly >>>> > thrown > >>>>brick. No offence but they are rather thick on the ground. Surprised >>>> > there > >>>>has not been some sort of mandatory cull yet.[snip] >>>>John Collier >>>> >>>The same is true where I'm from and - I suspect - in the states in >>> > general > >>>and much of Europe as well. >>> >>>Gotta say that I don't think it will be necessary to discourage folks >>> > from > >>>pursuing advanced degrees in the humanities in the future. The PhD glut >>> > of > >>>the '80s and '90s coupled with a serious lack of full-time jobs for >>> > about > >>>ten years now (it's just cheaper to hire twice the number of >>> > part-timers) > >>>has probably done more to make young students think twice about studying >>>something as frivolous as philosophy, art or literature than any amount >>> > of > >>>counseling I could imagine... >>> >>>Guy >>> >>-- >>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