Hmm. It could be a question asked of someone who used to be a tenured faculty member who is now working in industry, or on soft money. Most likely, though, it is simply standard form for a question, "Are you now or have you every been ?"
What Astroprof said. I think it is a valid question to ask. Indeed, it might be interesting to how what fraction of the people who say "yes" to this question say "no" to "do you have tenure right now."
Or, perhaps, they're just trying to let people who've done very naughty things still answer yes.
-Rob
Oh, the information content solicited by the question is entirely appropriate - they're looking to see how the people who did/did not get certain types of funding did in the medium term compared to the rest.
It was the tone of the question that amused me.
Maybe you have to have been through US Immigration to get it.
Yup, it's a legitimate question, but the wording is so reminiscent of the McCarthy era. You'd better answer it truthfully though. We have ways of making you talk...
Unbelievable. Is NSF going to start baising grants based on one's tenure or non-tenure status?
I respectfully refuse to answer on the grounds that it might piss off some other members of the Faculty. And, no, I'm not going to mention any names, either...
Cue background music, by Leonard Cohen:
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
Thats how it goes
Everybody knows...
Hmm. It could be a question asked of someone who used to be a tenured faculty member who is now working in industry, or on soft money. Most likely, though, it is simply standard form for a question, "Are you now or have you every been ?"
What Astroprof said. I think it is a valid question to ask. Indeed, it might be interesting to how what fraction of the people who say "yes" to this question say "no" to "do you have tenure right now."
Or, perhaps, they're just trying to let people who've done very naughty things still answer yes.
-Rob
Oh, the information content solicited by the question is entirely appropriate - they're looking to see how the people who did/did not get certain types of funding did in the medium term compared to the rest.
It was the tone of the question that amused me.
Maybe you have to have been through US Immigration to get it.
Yup, it's a legitimate question, but the wording is so reminiscent of the McCarthy era. You'd better answer it truthfully though. We have ways of making you talk...
Unbelievable. Is NSF going to start baising grants based on one's tenure or non-tenure status?
I respectfully refuse to answer on the grounds that it might piss off some other members of the Faculty. And, no, I'm not going to mention any names, either...
Cue background music, by Leonard Cohen:
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
Thats how it goes
Everybody knows...