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Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1993 08:58:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Robert Duniway <duniway@u.washington.edu>
Subject: re:Tony's Listing
To: Gregory_Nagy@MTS.cc.Wayne.edu
Realistically, the question graduate students ought to consider is what
are my career interests, and how can I best accomplish them.  Idealism is
great, but the name of the game if you want to be a scholar is having the
resources (time, money, quality faculty and graduate students to
collaborate with) to do the kind of work you want to do.  The ranking of
the program you are in will have some impact on you ability to access
these other resources via a faculty position.  It is a significant factor,
though probably less significant than things like getting published,
working in an area where there is current interest, demonstrating
competence, and securing strong support from faculty when you hit the job
market.  Rankings that result from polling department chairs will not seal
your fate on the job market, but they do indicate something about how your
degree will be evaluated by search committees.