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Re: Proper credit for work done -- on finding chairs (was CHANGE THE JOB)

2013-10-19 12:06:05
On 10/19/13 8:55 AM, Adrian Farrel wrote:
Presume that it is not an issue for existing ADs (else they wouldn't have got 
there).
Maybe anyone who was thinking of standing who would find this helpful could 
speak up?

It's drifted back and forth across my radar for a number of years
and I have to say that it would make no difference whatsoever.  I
can't imagine that it would make any difference to academic
candidates, either, as it would not contribute to a tenure decision
(it's not that the document is only arguably refereed for
publication, but that the chair or AD isn't even an author.  Some
universities are quite picky about what counts and what doesn't
(refereed journal articles count, textbooks don't).  I did my
graduate work at the University of Chicago, where what were called
"How we do it good here" papers were held in very high disregard.

At any rate, no, it would make no difference to me.  Might to someone
else but I'm having a hard time imagining who (the issue when I was
with the networking behemoth was time taken away from what they
hired me for, not recognition or lack thereof).

But, as I just posted in another note, I don't see a real downside
to adding it, and as someone else pointed out it may be useful for
answering provenance-type questions.


Melinda

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