Manhattan. Kansas?
Dec 24th 2007, 4:49 am
#16
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Location: Austin, Texas in my own little world
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Re: Manhattan. Kansas?
Manhattan is a smaller version of Urbana-Champaign: a flagship university town stuck in the middle of nowhere. For some used to haute culture this would be a nightmare; for others, it's a way to have a close-knit family of students and faculty who have very little to do with each other!
I think if you really thrive on academia and are immersed in your field, then it would be fine; and as you know, if you take a position at one university, you can always move on to the next (U of I/Urbana-Champaign would be a step up in many fields).
My cousin is a professor in Omaha and talks about retiring to Kansas (where it's not quite as cold
). I think it would be so much about the department you'd be working for, its history, its students, its FUNDING.
I think if you really thrive on academia and are immersed in your field, then it would be fine; and as you know, if you take a position at one university, you can always move on to the next (U of I/Urbana-Champaign would be a step up in many fields).
My cousin is a professor in Omaha and talks about retiring to Kansas (where it's not quite as cold
). I think it would be so much about the department you'd be working for, its history, its students, its FUNDING.
Dec 24th 2007, 4:53 am
#17
Riding on silver wings
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 10,543
Re: Manhattan. Kansas?
Manhattan is a smaller version of Urbana-Champaign: a flagship university town stuck in the middle of nowhere. For some used to haute culture this would be a nightmare; for others, it's a way to have a close-knit family of students and faculty who have very little to do with each other!
I think if you really thrive on academia and are immersed in your field, then it would be fine; and as you know, if you take a position at one university, you can always move on to the next (U of I/Urbana-Champaign would be a step up in many fields).
My cousin is a professor in Omaha and talks about retiring to Kansas (where it's not quite as cold). I think it would be so much about the department you'd be working for, its history, its students, its FUNDING.
I think if you really thrive on academia and are immersed in your field, then it would be fine; and as you know, if you take a position at one university, you can always move on to the next (U of I/Urbana-Champaign would be a step up in many fields).
My cousin is a professor in Omaha and talks about retiring to Kansas (where it's not quite as cold
). I think it would be so much about the department you'd be working for, its history, its students, its FUNDING.
Dec 24th 2007, 4:55 am
#18
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Joined: Nov 2004
Location: Austin, Texas in my own little world
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Re: Manhattan. Kansas?
