Wednesday, 25 January 2006

Reducing the problem of incomplete information in IR

I just found the IR Rumor Mill on Nick’s blogroll. Would that we Americanists had the same thing; at the very least, it would help me figure out whether or not one of the ads that came out today was a new listing or just a readvertisement of a job that first came out in August.

An academic rumor mill, incidentally, is probably one of the few applications of anonymous blogging that I could see myself being involved in. (The idea of anonymity to hide my political views, or lack thereof, from search committees or students or Horowitz’s nitwits seems rather unworthwhile; my Internet paper trail is over a decade old, even without the blog.) Although, since I’ve now mentioned that I might be willing to do such a thing, I’m pretty much precluded from doing so. The net result: less work for me—since, without announcing this prediliction, I’d feel some sort of obligation start one myself. I suppose that should make me happy.

Incidentally, on the (more) complete information front, I got a call today that I’m among the top 5 candidates for a position in the great state of Texas, as well as a solicitation from an ex-colleague to apply for a soon-to-be-advertised position at a Research One, er, Doctoral/Research-Extensive in the Midwest. The latter is not exactly where I thought I wanted to take my career, mind you, but maybe a couple of years on a tenure-track line and a few pubs at such a place—or at least a couple of years of the effects of the natural aging process on my appearance—would make folks on this list take me a little more seriously.

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[Permalink] 1. Wesley wrote @ Thu, 26 Jan 2006, 5:20 am CST:

It just started this year. The discussion regarding the top 10 American departments was getting good, until the administrators yanked the entry due to “inappropriate” comments.

http://americanandcomparativejobs.blogspot.com/

 

Cool, thanks for the pointer!

 

Wesley:

I wonder if “inappropriate” comments equates to: someone “dis“ed one of the admins’ alma maters.

 
[Permalink] 4. Wesley wrote @ Fri, 27 Jan 2006, 4:46 am CST:

I wish I knew. I went away for the weekend, came back, and they had pulled the entry. It would probably also help if I knew who the admin was, but I imagine that’s not going to happen.

Right before I left, they were starting to talk about UCLA. I was only slightly curious (go Bruins!) about that discussion.

 
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