Many graduate students continue to be regarded as "apprentices" despite the fact that they are expected to design and teach their own classes, serve on university committees, and conference and publish regularly. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that the attrition rate for American Ph.D. programs is at an all-time high, between 40% and 50% (higher for women and minorities). Of those who finish, only one in three will secure tenure-track jobs. These statistics highlight waste: of millions of dollars by universities and of time and energy by students. Rather than teaching graduate students how to be graduate students, then, the guide prepares them for what they really seek: a successful academic career.
Author(s): Gregory M. Colon Semenza
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 336
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
A Note on Terminology......Page 12
Foreword......Page 13
Introduction......Page 18
1 The Culture of a Graduate Program......Page 27
2 The Structure of Your Graduate Career: An Ideal Plan......Page 48
3 Organization and Time Management......Page 63
4 The Graduate Seminar......Page 85
5 The Seminar Paper......Page 99
6 Teaching......Page 119
7 Exams......Page 152
8 The Dissertation......Page 170
9 Attending Conferences......Page 198
10 Publishing......Page 217
11 Service and Participation......Page 241
12 The Job Market......Page 258
Appendix: Professional Documents......Page 285
Notes......Page 324
B......Page 329
C......Page 330
G......Page 331
J......Page 332
O......Page 333
R......Page 334
T......Page 335
Y......Page 336
