A Field Guide to Grad School - Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum

"Some of the most important things you need to know to succeed in graduate school-like how to choose a good advisor, get funding for your work, and whether to celebrate or cry when a journal tells you to revise and resubmit an article-won't be covered in any class. They are part of a hidden curriculum that you are just expected to know or somehow learn on your own-or else. In this comprehensive survival guide for grad school, Jessica McCrory Calarco walks you through the secret knowledge and skills that are essential for navigating every critical stage of the postgraduate experience, from deciding whether to go to grad school in the first place to finishing your degree and landing a job. An invaluable resource for every prospective and current grad student in any discipline, A Field Guide to Grad School will save you grief-and help you thrive-in school and beyond"--

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Jessica McCrory Calarco

Summary

An essential handbook to the unwritten and often unspoken knowledge and skills you need to succeed in grad schoolSome of the most important things you need to know in order to succeed in graduate school-like how to choose a good advisor, how to get funding for your work, and whether to celebrate or cry when a journal tells you to revise and res

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"[A] much-needed practical contribution . . . a tremendous resource . . . [A Field Guide to Grad School] should be required reading not just for aspiring graduate students but for the faculty and administrators who shape the culture and structure of graduate education."---Becca Spindel Bassett, The Harvard Educational Review

Product details

• Authors: Jessica McCrory Calarco
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9780691201092
• ISBN: 978-0-691-20109-2
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 218 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Skills for Scholars
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; STUDY AIDS / Graduate School Guides, Organization & management of education, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Advice on education, Educational systems and structures, For higher / tertiary / university education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher