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Recession Hits Some Sciences Hard at FSU (ZZ with comments)

已有 3515 次阅读 2010-1-4 03:21 |个人分类:Education|系统分类:海外观察| recession, layoff, FSU

Recession Hits Some Sciences Hard At Florida State University
by Richard A. Kerr
 
Philip Froelich, 63, is the tenured Francis Eppes Professor of Oceanography at Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee. He won't be much longer. Despite a distinguished 31-year career as a researcher and administrator, he will be laid off next May. And despite a positive external evaluation within the past year, his department?much diminished by layoffs?will be no more, folded along with the geological sciences department into a new department dominated by meteorology. "Why would you cut Flip Froelich? It doesn't make any sense," says geologist Michael Perfit of the University of Florida (UF), Gainesville.
 
It's all about money, of course...
 
To read the rest of the article, click
kerr.pdf.

Zuojun's comments: Here is a chance for China to take advantage of these senior scientists in the U.S.  Invite them to work in China for a few months, including hosting week-long workshops.


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