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Age and A Confessed Regret (of an autodidact) [& intelligence req. for Ph. D.

  • 1.  Age and A Confessed Regret (of an autodidact) [& intelligence req. for Ph. D.

    Posted 07-22-2004 12:03
    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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