If we were doing such a thing:
- we wouldn't be paying anyone
- we'd be shouting it from the rooftops.
Nice idea, actually. Anyone feel they could put together a serious programme to recruit academics to such a cause?
(changed subject as this is an interesting discussion)
I was thinking about this as well recently and yes, Thomas, I agree, this is something that could coordinated or at least supported by chapters, many of which have good connections to local universities.
Michael
Just to remind that I am a university professor and that I posted my thoughts a while ago on meta
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Yaroslav_Blanter/Temp17
So far, nobody showed any interest.
Cheers Yaroslav