The African American Student′s Guide to Surviving Graduate School

What does it take to get into and through graduate school? What special challenges, opportunities and issues face an African-American graduate student? This book offers practical advice to help African-American students get the most of their graduate school experience.

List of contents

Graduate School Is...
Making the Right Choice about Where To Go to Graduate School and Getting in with Money
Developing a Master Plan
Staying in the Game - with Robert Brandau
Know When to Leave the Party
A Handbook for Mastering the Moves
Selecting and Managing Your Major Professor and Advisory Committee
Getting Through the Thesis or Dissertation
Surviving the Defense
Looking Back and Moving Forward - With Donna Walter and L Denise Edwards
When Racism Rears Its Ugly Head

Summary

What does it take to get into and through graduate school? What special challenges, opportunities and issues face an African-American graduate student? This book offers practical advice to help African-American students get the most of their graduate school experience.

Product details

• Authors: Alicia Isaac, Isaac Alicia
• Publisher: O'Reilly
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.1998
• EAN: 9780761903819
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-0381-9
• No. of pages: 152
• Weight: 310 g
• Series: Graduate Survival Skills; Surviving Graduate School; Surviving Graduate School
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; USA, Ethnic Studies, United States of America, USA, Study & learning skills: general, universities, Higher education, tertiary education, Black & Asian Studies, STUDY AIDS / Study & Test-Taking Skills, Study and learning skills: general, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Post-Graduate Study Skills