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> Owen,
>
> I used to say to applicants, "I have no idea whether there is a job at the
> end of this rainbow, but if you can live on meager salary we pay you, it is
> a chance to do what university professors do for 4 or 5 years. Make sure
> you enjoy it while you are doing it, because the pleasure of doing it may be
> the only reward you get." And still they came. Mostly they had a good
> time, I think, and some of them have jobs!
>
> Nick
>
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> Subject: [FRIAM] Fwd: Doctoral degrees: The disposable academic | The
> Economist
>
> In reference to an earlier conversation:
>
http://www.economist.com/node/17723223?story_id=17723223>
> I doubt they got it all right, but food for thought.
>
> If I had a wish for the new year, it would be to have Dave West's 1-credit
> course curriculum succeed, starting at the Complex.
>
> -- Owen
>
>
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