Romie Littrell wrote:
>I must disagree Chas, age discrimination is alive and
>well in the US. I was reading an article on one of the
>first-person online columns in Chronicle.com this year
>or last, and the poor doofus new asst prof in charge
>of a search made a comment to the effect, "of course
>we don't consider any of the 50 and over white males",
>in public, on Chronicle.com.
>
>My advice to Fred is, if you want a Ph.D., go get one;
>all it takes is average or so intelligence,
>
Well, maybe a _little_ more than average. :)
>persistence, work, time, and a decent supervisor. But
>don't expect to get hired into a full-time post at 70,
>or 60, maybe at 50.
>
>Regards,
>Romie
>
>[snip]
>
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