Really good article by Rachel Wagner over at Ithaca College on her journey into academia and the financial and other stuggles pressures that entailed (and continues to entails) for her. Sobering stuff.
See Bootstrapping My Way Into the Ivory Tower – Advice – The Chronicle of Higher Education
BTW – I’m looking forward to her new book Godwired: Religion, Ritual and Virtual Reality coming out real soon now. Should be an interesting read.