RE: Ba(`ng ca^'p, papers etc.

[Tuan Pham <tuan.pham@unsw.edu.au>]

Cha`o ca'c ba'c

Va^'n dde^` ba(`ng ca^'p la` 1 chuye^.n se~ co`n nhu+'c nho^'i la^u 
da`i. To^i nho+' ho^`i 1970 trong Nam cu~ng tranh lua^.n ki.ch lie^.t 
dde^? sa('p ha.ng giu+~a ba(`ng Pha'p ("tri' thu+'c gia`") va` ba(`ng 
Me~o ("tri' thu+'c tre?"). Ba^y gio+` thi` ddu? ca'c ba(`ng Nga, My~, 
Ddu+'c, Pha'p, U'c v.v... tha ho^` ma` tranh ca~i!

Theo to^i thi` va^'n dde^` 1 pha^`n lo+'n la` do "centralised planning" 
ma` tho^i. Co' centralised la` luo^n luo^n co' distortion, vi` so^' 
lu+o+.ng tro+? tha`nh qua' lo+'n va` qua' nhie^`u tru+o+`ng ho+.p 
dda(.c bie^.t, kho^ng the^? na`o xe^'p dda(.t cho ho+.p ly' ddu+o+.c. 
Ddo' cu~ng la` ly' do ma` centrally planned economies tha^'t ba.i, vi` 
kho^ng ddu? uye^?n chuye^?n.

O+? 1 dda.i ho.c U'c, khi tuye^?n ngu+o+`i la` do tu+`ng Dda.i ho.c 
tuye^?n, va` thu+.c te^' la` tu+`ng department hay cu`ng la('m la` 
faculty tuye^?n la^'y, ca^'p tre^n chi? ga^.t. Mo^~i depatment hay 
faculty pha?i tuye^?n la`m sao dde^? giu+~ uy ti'n cu?a mi`nh, do ddo' 
ho. pha?i la`m a(n ca^?n tha^.n. Ba(`ng ca^'p chi? la` minimum 
requirement ma` tho^i (Ph.D. re? nhu+ be`o), ma` ca'i chi'nh la` xe't 
theo nhu+~ng ddie^?m sau dda^y:

- Tru+o+`ng dda`o ta.o
- so^' publications va` journal quality, patents...
- testimony cu?a ca'c ddo^`ng nghie^.p
- previous positions
- face-to-face interview tru+o+'c 1 ho^.i ddo^`ng tuye^?n
- seminar given to staff
- talk to individual staffs

sau ddo' ta^'t ca? ca'c lecturers co' quye^`n cho y' kie^'n.

Di~ nhie^n dde^? ca'c dda.i ho.c tu+. tri. nhu+ va^.y cu~ng se~ nguy 
hie^?m la` co' va^'n dde^` tham nhu~ng. O+? U'c, va^'n dde^` na`y 
kho^ng xa?y ra vi` ne^'u kho^ng tin ddu+o+.c ngay ca'c pha^n khoa 
dda.i ho.c thi` co`n tin ai nu+~a\? Kho^ng bie^'t o+? VN thi` sao. 
Theo to^i, ne^'u kho^ng tin no^?i ca'c ho^.i ddo^`ng gia?ng su+, gia'o 
su+ thi` bo? luo^n he^. tho^'ng dda.i ho.c vo^ so.t ra'c cho ro^`i! :-)

Cheers
Tuan Pham (Pho' thu+o+`ng da^n)