Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- 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