"This updated edition of a beloved classic explores the often unspoken nuances of life in and beyond grad school. With new hints that give a 360-degree review of the challenges and issues in academic life, Drew, Feldman, and Gray provide a straightforward, entertaining perspective on matters that affect careers and livelihood. Topics span the dissertation process, job hunting, life in the classroom, and more - making for the perfect graduate student companion. What They Didn't Teach You in Graduate School is an irreverent, one-of-a-kind guide for both graduate students and junior professors as they begin carving their paths toward a successful academic career"--
This updated edition of a beloved classic explores the often unspoken nuances of life in and beyond graduate school. With new hints that give a 360-degree review of the challenges and issues in academic life, Drew, Feldman, and Gray provide a straightforward, entertaining perspective on matters that affect careers and livelihood. Topics span the dissertation process, job hunting, life in the classroom, and moremaking for the perfect graduate student companion. What They Didn't Teach You in Graduate School 3.0 is an irreverent, one-of-a-kind guide for both graduate students and junior professors as they begin carving their paths toward a successful academic career.
This updated edition of a beloved classic explores the often unspoken nuances of life in and beyond grad school.
1. Basic Concepts
2. The PhD
3. The Dissertation
4. Job Hunting
5.
Teaching and Service
6. Research
7. On Writing
8. On Publishing
9. Tenure
10.
Academic Rank
11. Your Financial Life As an Academic
12. Life as an Academic
13. Equity and Values
14. Personal Considerations
15. Your Health
16. Final
Thoughts
David E. Drew holds the Joseph B. Platt Chair at the Claremont Graduate University (CGU), CA, USA, and previously served as Dean of the CGU School of Educational Studies.
Sue S. Feldman is a Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in Health Informatics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), USA.
Paul Gray was Professor of Information Science at the Claremont Graduate University (CGU), CA, USA, and was the Founder of the CGU programs in Information Systems.
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