tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post114795993014608519..comments2024-03-28T04:30:11.046-05:00Comments on Unlocked Wordhoard: Getting an Academic JobDr. Richard Scott Nokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348275071082514870noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-43750985964574723772011-07-13T01:21:05.282-05:002011-07-13T01:21:05.282-05:00This is the best way to knowing about academic job...This is the best way to knowing about academic job. It is a website dedicated to teaching jobs and other education jobs around the world. Thanks for the nice information...Adjunct Jobshttp://www.scholarlyhires.com/Search/Facultynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-1148161432419518722006-05-20T16:43:00.000-05:002006-05-20T16:43:00.000-05:00Fair enough. How about "Seeking an academic job in...Fair enough. How about "Seeking an academic job in the humanities is really terrible + a conclusion I had cluttering up my floor."Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-1147976062054526312006-05-18T13:14:00.000-05:002006-05-18T13:14:00.000-05:00Karl,The reason I said it was "misleadingly-entitl...Karl,<BR/><BR/>The reason I said it was "misleadingly-entitled" is that I don't think the post itself has much to do with his conclusions, one way or the other. It might have been better entitled, "Seeking an academic job in the humanities is really terrible."Dr. Richard Scott Nokeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348275071082514870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-1147968393647639282006-05-18T11:06:00.000-05:002006-05-18T11:06:00.000-05:00is about as accurateWhere do you stand, then, on h...<I>is about as accurate</I><BR/><BR/>Where do you stand, then, on his conclusions about "conformity by passive selection" in which "the less adventuresome and strong-minded one[s]" get weeded out, with the, I guess, Howard Roarks and Harrison Bergerons left by the wayside to make room for milquetoasts like Peter Singer?<BR/><BR/>It doesn't strike me that Bauerlein's conclusions, such as they are, can be limited only to academia. Each profession has its pressures to conform: e.g., Wall Street traders lacking machismo probably won't survive long. Same holds true for any society.Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-1147965336896170592006-05-18T10:15:00.000-05:002006-05-18T10:15:00.000-05:00Make that "tenure".Althought I will say that even ...Make that "tenure".<BR/><BR/>Althought I will say that even "ternure" is easier to understand than the academic job market.Steven Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-1147965257595404072006-05-18T10:14:00.000-05:002006-05-18T10:14:00.000-05:00We used to have the same problem with my in-laws. ...We used to have the same problem with my in-laws. It took literally <I>years</I> to convince them that one didn't just get an academic job where one wants one.<BR/><BR/>I think ternure finally quelled the debate more than anything else, as that was more understandable that the arcane nature of the academic job market.Steven Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.com