Life on the D List
Posted by Kevin A. Wilson on 9 May 2007 12:14 pm. Filed under Academic.
For those of you who are in the field of academics, I thought I would draw your attention to a series being done in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Rex Sayers (a pseudonym) discusses his life as a untenured professor of religion in small colleges and his attempts to move up to more selective colleges. The first essay in the series is his “My Life on the D List.” It is a healthy reminder that even the most qualified scholars don’t always make it to the major leagues.
On May 9th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
I appreciated reading the series too… gives me motivation as a graduate student not to get stuck on the “D list” if I can avoid it
On May 9th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
Reminds me of a Yale/Harvard happy hour that I went to…only i was a guest of a yalie…I went to a state school. Ah, the looks of disbelief that I crashed their party…
Also reminds me of the OT professor I once had…sort of…