From fresca.cis.ohio-state.edu!rjmiller Wed Jun 21 01:52:17 EDT 1995 Article: 58 of cis.jobs Path: cis.ohio-state.edu!fresca.cis.ohio-state.edu!rjmiller From: rjmiller@fresca.cis.ohio-state.edu (R. J. Miller) Newsgroups: cis.jobs Subject: Academic Job Market - endless possibilities (fwd) Followup-To: cis.jobs Date: 6 Jun 1995 11:02:36 -0400 Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science Lines: 53 Sender: rjmiller@cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: local Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: fresca.cis.ohio-state.edu Who says the academic job market isn't full of exciting opportunities? Forwarded message: : : SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY : Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63701 : (314) 651-2000 : : Enclosed is an announcement of a tenure-track position in philosophy at : the rank of assistant professor. We hope to fill this position rapidly; : the target date for our final decision is June 13. We are more interested : in looking at candidates with real teaching experience than in newly : minted Ph.D's, who might have unrealistic expectations about the : possibilities for academic growth at an institution such as ours. : Southeast Missouri State University is a regional university which serves : students in the southeast portion of the state including St. Louis. Our : students tend to be poorly prepared for college level work, intellectually : passive, interested primarily in partying, and culturally provincial in : the extreme. We offer a major in philosophy. but do not usually have more : than two students officially declared as majors at any given time. : : There are a few good students, however, and we are proud to say that our : current graduating major, William Knorpp, won the 1985 Analysis : competition and will be undertaking graduate study in philosophy at the : University of North Carolina Chapel Hill next year. Mr. Knorpp 's upper : level work was mainly accomplished through independent tutorials; and : prospective candidate must understand that there will be virtually no : opportunity to teach upper-division seminars in philosophy. We also offer : a religious studies minor; most of the students who declare this minor : are shocked to learn that Moses might not have written the Pentateuch and : regard higher criticism as secular humanist propaganda. The 12 : hrs/semester teaching load is devoted mainly to general education courses : at the freshman/sophomore level. In another five years, if the general : education curriculum is revised as promised, there may be seminars which : are to "capstone' the G.E. program. : : : The academic environment at SEMO is distinctly non-intellectual -- : somewhat like a Norman Rockwell painting -- and the candidate cannot : expect to attract students by offering courses that assume innate : curiosity about ideas and books, or intellectual playfulness, or : independence of moral and political thought. Nevertheless. in order to : earn promotion and tenure it is necessary to be involved in curriculum : development and to sustain an interest in research and publication. It : has occurred to me that the best candidate would be someone who has held : the Ph.D. for more than two years, has taught at a community college or : a rural state institution, and who would like to continue in somewhat the : same vein but at a slightly higher level.I will be interviewing at the : Central Division Meetings in St. Louis. If you have an questions, you : may call me at my office (314-651-2186). Sincerely, Dennis Holt, : Chairman, Department of Philosophy :