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 > When I was a graduate student, I received a couple of token grants > (<US$300) to help me speak at the most prestigious conferences, and as > an assistant professor in the English department at a > bottom-of-the-first-rung-but-still-first-rung Canadian university, I > had airfare and registration (but not accommodation or meals) paid for > exactly one conference each year. I must confess that this is why I moved south of the border! > Of course, things are probably different in the sciences, and > well-endowed U.S. universities have more money to throw around > everywhere, but when I was interviewing for English departments at > some of the big US schools, things didn't seem that much better. Well I was on the science side, but I must confess that I had to prevent myself from doing a jaw dropping 'rube' act when I was apologetically informed that the university would only pay first-class fare if I gave them a 3 week advanced notice of travel! (OK this was over 20 years ago!) Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: David Megginson <david@m...> To: <xml-dev@x...> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 8:37 PM Subject: The Easy, Academic life > "Frank Boumphrey" <bckman@i...> writes: > > > > If you're relying on self-selected people who can afford their own > > > plane tickets and hotel rooms, it's no great surprise you get a > > > lot of marketeers pitching products > > > > This is all very true. > > > > In academic conferences the people speaking are academics, and one > > of the perks of being an academic is that the University usually > > picks up the Tag. > > Nice try, guys, but I survived 14 years of academia from undergraduate > to asst. prof. to Writing Centre Director , and that's not the way I > remember it, especially not from the mid 1980's to the mid 1990's. > > When I was a graduate student, I received a couple of token grants > (<US$300) to help me speak at the most prestigious conferences, and as > an assistant professor in the English department at a > bottom-of-the-first-rung-but-still-first-rung Canadian university, I > had airfare and registration (but not accommodation or meals) paid for > exactly one conference each year. > > For anything else, I would have had to get my hands on an SSHRC > (federal) or similar grant and burn off some of the money, or else > just pay out of pocket, as I ended up doing (at least until I had my > own budget as a director). Grad students often worked the book tables > to have some of their expenses paid, but I couldn't stomach that. > > Of course, things are probably different in the sciences, and > well-endowed U.S. universities have more money to throw around > everywhere, but when I was interviewing for English departments at > some of the big US schools, things didn't seem that much better. > > At professional tech conferences, by contrast, almost anyone with a > reasonable-sized employer or customer has their expenses paid even if > they're not speaking (I was amazed when I went out into the private > sector), and all speakers have the registration fee waived and > sometimes get free lunches, at least at GCA conferences -- at academic > conferences, even speakers have to pay for lunch *and* registration, > as I was rudely reminded at WWW8 last year. > > Worthy attendees who do not have corporate backing often arrange to > give workshops or tutorials, for which they receive money *in addition > to* having their expenses paid. > > > All the best, > > > David > > -- > David Megginson david@m... > http://www.megginson.com/ > > *************************************************************************** > This is xml-dev, the mailing list for XML developers. > To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@x...&BODY=unsubscribe%20xml-dev > List archives are available at http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** This is xml-dev, the mailing list for XML developers. To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@x...&BODY=unsubscribe%20xml-dev List archives are available at http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ *************************************************************************** 
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