
Thesis: serious scholarship produces something of value which those who have not engaged in it in some cases cannot properly appreciate. Their failure to appreciate it is what makes so many CrankS. Why should we ''care'' about idiosyncratic views of someone from the outside looking in? Usually, no matter how intelligent and wide-ranging one's experience, if one has not done ''serious study'' of the subject, one is bound to sound like a crank, and one will simply annoy and turn away serious students of the subject and those who value serious scholarship. And by "serious scholarship" that I do ''not'' mean university study--university study is only one, certainly not infallible, way to engage in serious study. What, then, does serious study of a subject require? It requires, first, acknowledging that you don't know very much about the subject. Second, it requires reading many books and (for academic and most professional disciplines) journal articles, until one is familiar with the leading theories, concepts, jargon, people, and historical trends that are recognized by experts in the field. Serious study of a subject does ''not''--emphatically ''not''--require that one buy into any particular current theories. -- Larry Sanger Of course SeriousScholarship is important. But equally important is to avoid AcademicElitism. --Jimbo Wales I agree with that. LS ---- And what about a discipline like Pure Mathematics? To begin with people with a serious interest in Mathematics DO NOT READ Mathematics books. And then there is Language study - Again this is hardly a question of READING books. I don't find this description of scholarship very comprehensive...I believe that each discipline has its own requirements for scholarship and expertise. RoseParks
:''Note: The term "scholarship" can mean either the methods employed by scholars (see scholarly method) or an award of access to an institution and/or money for an individual for the purposes of furthering their education. This article is about the latter meaning.'' ---- A scholarship is an award of access to an institution and/or a financial aid award for an individual for the purposes of furthering their education. A scholarship is generally awarded based on any number of arbitrary criteria, including: * financial need * academic achievement * athletic achievement * public service * nationality or ethnicity Scholarships are generally funded by education institutions and/or non-profit foundations. In the United States of America, scholarship foundations are classified as 501(c)(3) organizations to which donations made are tax-deductible. Scholarship awards can range from just a few dollars to full tuition. Locating scholarships can be arduous work. However, in recent years, locating scholarships has become easier due to the Internet. ==Famous scholarships== * Rhodes Scholarship * Marshall Scholarship * Fulbright Commission * Canada Merit Scholarship Foundation * Millennium Scholarship * Miss America * America's Junior Miss === Other scholarships === * The Florida Lottery Bright Futures Scholarship * Robertson Scholarship * [http://www.gwiep.net/ The George Walford International Essay Prize] (£3,500 annually) * The Bursary ([http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications/ssq/uebs.html website]) and the New Zealand Scholarship ([http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications/ssq/scholarship/index.html website]) (usually NZ$5,000 annually). These are school qualifications which also are undergraduate awards, along with the Bursary. * London Business School MBA Scholarships ([http://www.london.edu/mba/Admission/Financial_Aid/Scholarships/scholarships.html website]) == See also == * endowment * financial aid ==External links== * [http://www.scholarshipsearchcentral.com Searching for scholarships on the internet] Academia Education Financial aid
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Thesis: serious scholarship produces something of value which those who have not engaged in it in some cases cannot properly appreciate. Their failure to appreciate it is what makes so many CrankS. Why should we ''care'' about idiosyncratic views of someone from the outside looking in? Usually, no matter how intelligent and wide-ranging one's experience, if one has not done ''serious study'' of the subject, one is bound to sound like a crank, and one will simply annoy and turn away serious students of the subject and those who value serious scholarship. And by "serious scholarship" that I do ''not'' mean university study--university study is only one, certainly not infallible, way to engage in serious study. What, then, does serious study of a subject require? It requires, first, acknowledging that you don't know very much about the subject. Second, it requires reading many books and (for academic and most professional disciplines) journal articles, until one is familiar with the leading theories, concepts, jargon, people, and historical trends that are recognized by experts in the field. Serious study of a subject does ''not''--emphatically ''not''--require that one buy into any particular current theories. -- Larry Sanger Of course SeriousScholarship is important. But equally important is to avoid AcademicElitism. --Jimbo Wales I agree with that. LS ---- And what about a discipline like Pure Mathematics? To begin with people with a serious interest in Mathematics DO NOT READ Mathematics books. And then there is Language study - Again this is hardly a question of READING books. I don't find this description of scholarship very comprehensive...I believe that each discipline has its own requirements for scholarship and expertise. RoseParks
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:''Note: The term "scholarship" can mean either the methods employed by scholars (see scholarly method) or an award of access to an institution and/or money for an individual for the purposes of furthering their education. This article is about the latter meaning.'' ---- A scholarship is an award of access to an institution and/or a financial aid award for an individual for the purposes of furthering their education. A scholarship is generally awarded based on any number of arbitrary criteria, including: * financial need * academic achievement * athletic achievement * public service * nationality or ethnicity Scholarships are generally funded by education institutions and/or non-profit foundations. In the United States of America, scholarship foundations are classified as 501(c)(3) organizations to which donations made are tax-deductible. Scholarship awards can range from just a few dollars to full tuition. Locating scholarships can be arduous work. However, in recent years, locating scholarships has become easier due to the Internet. ==Famous scholarships== * Rhodes Scholarship * Marshall Scholarship * Fulbright Commission * Canada Merit Scholarship Foundation * Millennium Scholarship * Miss America * America's Junior Miss === Other scholarships === * The Florida Lottery Bright Futures Scholarship * Robertson Scholarship * [http://www.gwiep.net/ The George Walford International Essay Prize] (£3,500 annually) * The Bursary ([http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications/ssq/uebs.html website]) and the New Zealand Scholarship ([http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications/ssq/scholarship/index.html website]) (usually NZ$5,000 annually). These are school qualifications which also are undergraduate awards, along with the Bursary. * London Business School MBA Scholarships ([http://www.london.edu/mba/Admission/Financial_Aid/Scholarships/scholarships.html website]) == See also == * endowment * financial aid ==External links== * [http://www.scholarshipsearchcentral.com Searching for scholarships on the internet] Academia Education Financial aid
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