Behind the Academic Curtain - How to Find Success and Happiness With a Phd

More people than ever are going to graduate school to seek a PhD these days. When they get there, they discover a bewildering environment. The author offers an user-friendly map to this maze. Drawing on decades of experience in academia, he provides a comprehensive, empirically grounded practical guide to academic life.

About the author

Frank F. Furstenbergis the Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of many books, most recently "Destinies of the Disadvantaged: The Politics of Teenage Childbearing." He lives in Philadelphia.

Summary

More people than ever are going to graduate school to seek a PhD these days. When they get there, they discover a bewildering environment. The author offers an user-friendly map to this maze. Drawing on decades of experience in academia, he provides a comprehensive, empirically grounded practical guide to academic life.

Product details

• Authors: Frank Furstenberg, Frank F. Furstenberg, Furstenberg Frank F.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.09.2013
• EAN: 9780226066103
• ISBN: 978-0-226-06610-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Chicago Guides to Academic Life; Chicago Guides to Academic Lif; Chicago Guides to Academic Life; Chicago Guides to Academic Lif
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