Hi,
Sorry for the delay in replying. Thanks for pointing out the Concordia issue; it looks like the university wasn't named specifically enough there. We'll take care of that. The Concordia on the site at the moment is
http://www.concordia.ca/.
Glen, we do plan to add a category for freelancers and independent researchers.
Richard
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> <span style="font-weight: bold;">On Mon Sep 29 20:36 , Glen Fuller <[log in to unmask]> sent:<BR>
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> <[log in to unmask]></span><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(245, 245, 245); margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px;">Hi Richard,<BR>
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> If you want the site to list every academic in the world, then you will need to incorporate a fourth level for precarious/casual academics. For example, I currently work at one university, I was working at three last semester, and at yet another over winter and summer.<BR>
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> - Noam Chomsky - <a href="parse.pl?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fmit.academia.edu%2FNoamChomsky" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">http://mit.academia.edu/NoamChomsky</span></a><BR>
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