December 4, 2011
IF EVEN YOU KNOW YOU AREN'T WORTH THE FEE YOU SHOULDN'T BE APPLYING:
Fee Fury (Kaustuv Basu, 12/02/11, Inside Higher Ed)What if job applicants had to pay a fee every time they applied for a job?
Postdoctoral applicants in the humanities say they find themselves in a comparable situation as some university departments are charging an application fee. Some irate applicants have been lighting up a discussion board on the Internet to complain about the fees. While fees are the norm for applying to earn degrees, most say they are unusual for postdoctoral fellowships, which are jobs. [...]
"No one likes a fee, but there's nothing unusual about them. Although it is not their sole purpose, fees help to keep out the weaker applications," was one scholar's opinion.
Posted by oj at December 4, 2011 6:00 AM
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