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Jan 2003 Town Meeting Notes Editors

By scoop
Posted Sat Feb 14, 2004 at 04:56:58 AM PDT
Notes from the YMN Town Meeting, 15 January 2003.

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Concerns

Job Market

Facts about Job Market (specifically urban legend of no re-hires of retiring faculty vacancies)

Job opportunities beyond grad school and academia for undergrads, disseminating info about this

Decline in number of math majors since 1985

Knowledge level of undergrads

Increased use of part-time positions

Professional development of teachers

Slave labor: TAing by grads and undergrads

Information on grant writing

General advice for how to get tenure

Information about exchange programs

Information about salary, more timely, regional breakdown, disseminate existing information better

Insanity

Where YMN Can Help

Grant writing and getting tenure, more information organize links

Link to the ``Tenure Chase Papers''

Self promotion and publicity for the YMN

Compile dirt(?)/info on departments, collect big picture information, descriptions of departments

Information on salaries (to help negotiate)

Grad school info

REU announcements (link to NSF)

List forums for presenting undergrad research

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