One laughs and weeps, Max.
Doug
On 20-Jan-09, at 4:24 PM, Max Richards wrote:
> Quoting Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> The theory talk only bothers me when it's a substitute for thinking.
>> No, I meant the dozens of recent dissertations I've read that would
>> have flunked my comp classes. I've also read some good ones.
>>
>> I know a couple of people who make a good living rewriting
>> dissertations.
>
> Advertised here is a post:
>
> Academic Writing Specialist
>
> Macquarie University NSW ... (faculty of business and economics)
>
> 'you will provide high-level support to academic staff and research
> students to
> enhance the quality of the faculty's research output. This will
> involve
> developing high-quality training programs and facilitating the
> delivery of these
> programs in diverse areas such as:
> grant applications
> journal submissions
> theses
> research proposals ...'
>
> amongst the requirements are 'thorough knowledge of the English
> grammar system'
>
> - I guess this is open about their current needy academics.
> For all I know other faculties and other universities have long done
> the same.
>
> Max
>
>
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