> >> Many departments don't stay in touch with
> >> their PhD holders after they get their degree, and tracking all of
these
> >> people down would be a major headache for the entire profession.
>
> >This is a shameless and ridiculous lie.
>
> Can we maintain some semblance of civil discourse here? At most
> the first statement might be an exaggeration of the difficulties involved.
> Even if outright untrue (which I do not believe it to be), there is no
> reason
> to think that the original sender was trying to mislead.
>
> Tom Cravens
> University of Wisconsin-Madison
>
Mea culpa. Seeing my sentence out of context, it might not have been clear
that waht I was disbelieving was any department chair or college presdient who
said it was impossible to keep track of graduates. I wasn't doubting the
sender of the post.
I do wonder a bit at any department chair or college president who doesn't ask
the alumni office for a list of current addresses of graduates. It might even
be a nice gesture. None of my three colleges has ever shown any interest in
what I'm doing from the moment I graduated. All they do is dun me for money. I
imagine that for people starting out in the profession, a kind word of
encouragement or some interest from their college might be particularly
appreciated. I would guess the civility is being overlooked because everyone
thinks it's someone else's job.
pat sloane
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