A colleague of mine who teaches finance here in Argentina is looking for a
list where finance and finance teaching is discussed. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Ron
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Ronald Vyhmeister
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vyhmeisr@andrews.edu ----
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La tecnolog�a es dominada por dos tipos de personas:
Aquellos que entienden lo que no administran
Aquellos que administran lo que no entienden
Technology is dominated by two types of people:
Those who understand what they do not manage.
Those who manage what they do not understand.
----- Original Message -----
From: Garbarino, Ellen <
egarbari@EXCHANGE.SBA.MIAMI.EDU>
To: <
MG-ED-DV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 2:13 PM
Subject: [MG-ED-DV] E-mail list for dual-academic couples
> Hello management colleagues-
>
> > If you are not part of a dual-academic-career couple then you can
> > (count yourself lucky? and ) stop reading.
> >
> My name is Ellen Garbarino and I am a Markeitng professor at the
University
> of Miami. Your 'listmaster' invited me to extend my posting of this new
> email list to the management community. Hope some of you will join us. I
> don't imagine the information exchange will be at all field specific.
>
> > As I am sure most of us are aware, given the small number of academic
> > jobs, their geographic dispersion and world-wide competition, it is
> > especially hard for dual-academic couples to find appointments near
> > enough to each other to be a workable long-term solution. I know from
> > my own experience how hard it is to find jobs together (we are still
> > trying to accomplish this, hint, hint (I am in Marketing and my
> > husband is in Economics)). I have recently created an e-mail list to
> > act as an online forum to discuss our special concerns. My hope is
> > this list might offer a chance for those who have succeeded to share
> > how they did it and to help those who are still struggling or are in a
> > less than ideal compromise to feel they are not facing this alone.
> >
> > As a teaser to get you to join the list (I am in Marketing, after
> > all), I have put a 'hot tip' about a school that might be receptive to
> > hiring academic couples in the first entry of the site. So check out
> > the archives.
> >
> > Possible Issues to Discuss (just some ideas to get us started, other
> > issues are welcomed):
> >
> > - - How can one deal with the fact that not all academic job markets are
> > at the same time?
> > - - When should we bring up the joint career issue with perspective
> > employers?
> > - - What are the pros and cons of deciding to be temporarily apart?
> > - - What can be done to regain admittance into the "higher tier" schools
> > if one has previously made a compromise choice (is that even
> > possible?)
> > - - What about "visiting" or non-tenure track jobs?
> > - - How do kids change these tradeoffs?
> > - - What if anything are schools doing to deal with this issue?
> >
> > The list is set up through a free listserve system called onelist.com
> > (Thanks, Rajiv for the tip). All you do is go to their website
> > (http://www.onelist.com). The first time you visit you need to sign
> > up (don't worry it is free). Just click on the new member box and
> > follow the instructions (it is simple, I am no webmaster
> > (webmistress?) and I had no problems). Once you have done that you
> > need to enroll in the list. The list is under subject area "Family"
> > and sub-subject area "Education" (the closest I could find to a
> > subject match), the name of the list is "Academic_Couples". Once you
> > have signed up you will receive through your regular e-mail any
> > communications sent to the list. You can also read the archived
> > discussions from the website.
> >
> > If you have any problems e-mail me directly
> > (
egarbari@exchange.sba.miami.edu). I can't guarantee I can fix them
> > but I'll be sympathetic and try to help.
> >
> > You are welcome (and even encouraged) to pass this along to anyone you
> > might know who would be interested in participating.
> >
> > Ellen Garbarino
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