tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post116179006940274385..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: Rethinking the academic job searchCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1162484590922545142006-11-02T11:23:00.000-05:002006-11-02T11:23:00.000-05:00That sounds ideal, and I agree that a 5K investmen...That sounds ideal, and I agree that a 5K investment makes a LOT of sense, but I don't see it happening in a lot of schools.<BR/><BR/>I think the 5K investment would be even MORE useful at schools with fewer scholars in a given search field, though they're even less likely to be able to afford it. Hmm.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1162303025570349992006-10-31T08:57:00.000-05:002006-10-31T08:57:00.000-05:00Bardiac: you're right, many institutions could nev...Bardiac: you're right, many institutions could never do this due to finances. The event costs about $5K, not small money. So far we've been able to argue for funding three of these because -- when you think about it -- $5K to improve a search that can lead to someone taking a job that lasts a lifetime is a good investment.<BR/><BR/>Our search committees try to include two experts in the field, one person who does something quite different but who has thematic interests important to the department as a whole, and one person from another department entirely. In the past we have also experimented with including a non-academic from an important DC institution with relevance to the field, but that didn't help all that much.Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1162266965273154322006-10-30T22:56:00.000-05:002006-10-30T22:56:00.000-05:00This sounds like a great idea for a department tha...This sounds like a great idea for a department that could actually afford to bring in outside scholars for a symposium. <BR/><BR/>On a practical note, for fields where you're generally searching, do you have additional people in that broad field already (as part of the search committee, for example)?Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1162056715583232632006-10-28T13:31:00.000-04:002006-10-28T13:31:00.000-04:00Kofi: yes, I'd like to see your talk.Kofi: yes, I'd like to see your talk.Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1161982843977256272006-10-27T17:00:00.000-04:002006-10-27T17:00:00.000-04:00hi all - just a quick comment on the nature of the...hi all - just a quick comment on the nature of the job search. as someone who came through the canadian academic process, and who interviewed with both canadian and american schools, i can tell you that we canadians find the American process a bit confusing. the american process certainly, i have to admit, works out better for the hiring schools. but in canada there is rarely a preliminary interview process, and in the few cases where there is, there is always the choice to conduct those over the phone.<BR/><BR/>by and large though, over here schools just choose between 3 and 5 (or in some cases 6) of the candidates and invite them to a campus interview based on the submitted materials. more humane for the candidates (in terms of expense), but riskier for the schools because they don't get to see any of those candidates before the actual interview.<BR/><BR/>and i'd be happy to share my talk with the readers here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1161802099078669222006-10-25T14:48:00.000-04:002006-10-25T14:48:00.000-04:00I will ask the speakers if they would be willing t...I will ask the speakers if they would be willing to share their prepared remarks as blog posts. Stay tuned!Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1161793047499526072006-10-25T12:17:00.000-04:002006-10-25T12:17:00.000-04:00Will the speakers make their papers available for ...Will the speakers make their papers available for people who can't make it, in part, <I>because</I> they're in the midst of applying for academic jobs?Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.com