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"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"--
About the author
Jessica McCrory Calarco is associate professor of sociology at Indiana University and the author of
Negotiating Opportunities: How the Middle Class Secures Advantages in School. She has written for the
Atlantic and
Inside Higher Ed, and her work has been featured in the
New York Times,
Time, and the
Chronicle of Higher Education, and on BBC Radio and NPR. Twitter @JessicaCalarco
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
