Download or read book The Graduate s Handbook written by Clark Gaither and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give the new graduate in your life the gift of wisdom with this practical guide to living with purpose, passion and success. Every new graduate deserves a head start on a successful life. This book imbues young people with hope, inspiration, motivation, and the truth about living life on life's terms. The Graduate’s Handbook offers insight on careers, procrastination, reality-based living, fear, failure, and relationships. The author’s own hard-won lessons are enhanced with wise quotations from successful authors, philosophers, and historical figures. Whether you’re buying for a high school or college graduate, this keepsake will guide and teach them for many years to come!
Download or read book A Handbook for Supporting Today s Graduate Students written by David J. Nguyen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite continued growth in enrollments, graduate program attrition rates are of great concern to academic program coordinators. It is estimated that only 40 to 50 percent of students who begin Ph.D. programs complete their degrees. This book describes programs, initiatives, and interventions that lead to overall student retention and success.Written for graduate school administrators, student affairs professionals, and faculty, this book offers ways to better support today’s graduate student population, addresses the needs of today’s changing student demography and considers the challenges today’s graduate students face inside and outside of the classroom. The opening section highlights the shifting demographics and contextual factors shaping graduate education over the past 20 years, while the second describes institutional practices to develop the requisite academic and professional development necessary to succeed in master’s and doctoral programs. In conclusion, the editors curate a conversation about different ways institutions can support graduate students beyond the classroom.
Download or read book Stuff Every Graduate Should Know written by Alyssa Favreau and published by Quirk Books. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times best seller makes the perfect graduation gift for young adults in the real world! This ultimate pocket-sized guide for life after school is filled with information for every step of the road to adulthood. Just because you’ve got a diploma in hand doesn’t mean you know everything—especially if it’s doing laundry, cleaning your house, or acing an interview. Topics include: · How to Find Your First Apartment · How to Write the Perfect Résumé · How to Survive Living with Your Parents · How to Make (and Stick to!) a Budget · How to Build A Professional Wardrobe
Download or read book The Social Work Graduate School Applicant s Handbook written by Jesús Reyes and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a former social work admissions director at a top-ranking school of social work, this book helps master of social work (MSW) applicants improve their graduate school applications and decide which school of social work is right for them. With examples of tracking sheets, interviews, and biographical statements, this resource reveals the qualities admissions committees look for in applicants. A listing of schools accredited by the Council on Social Work Education and the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work is included with a checklist of questions to ask when visiting schools. Candid answers from surveys of the admissions staff at social work graduate programs throughout the United States also point out the most common mistakes applicants make. This new edition has been updated to reflect current trends in social work education.
Download or read book The Graduate Advisor Handbook written by Bruce M. Shore and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’re advising students to help ensure their success—but who’s going to advise you? With university budgets shrinking, graduate advisors find their workloads increasing. A professor emeritus of educational psychology at McGill University with more than forty years of advising experience and several teaching awards, Bruce M. Shore provides a practical guide here that demystifies the advisor-student relationship and helps both parties thrive. Emphasizing the interpersonal relationship at the heart of this important academic partnership, he reveals how advisors can draw on their own strengths to create a rewarding rapport. The Graduate Advisor Handbook moves chronologically through the advising process, from the first knock on the door to the last reference letter. Along the way it covers: transparent communication effective motivation cooperative troubleshooting touchy subjects, including what to do when personal boundaries are crossed and how to deliver difficult news—with sample scripts to help advisors find the right words for even the toughest situations A valuable resource, The Graduate Advisor Handbook has the cool-headed advice and comprehensive coverage that advisors need to make the advising relationship not just effective but also enjoyable.
Download or read book A Practitioner s Guide to Supporting Graduate and Professional Students written by Valerie A. Shepard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide helps faculty and student affairs practitioners better serve graduate and professional school students as they navigate what can be an isolating, taxing, and unfamiliar context. Providing actionable strategies, as well as a common language for practitioners to advocate for themselves and for their students, this book is a quick start manual that defines current issues around graduate and professional student development. Drawing together current resources and research around post-baccalaureate student outcomes, this book explores the diverse student needs of graduate and professional students and provides a clear understanding of their social, personal, and psychological development and how to support their success. Case studies showcase specific examples of practice including a holistic development model for graduate training; integrating academic, personal, professional, and career development needs; promising practices for engagement; a diversity, equity, and inclusion approach to access and outcomes; how graduate schools can be important partners to student affairs professionals; and examples of assessment in action. This book provides tools, resources, communication strategies, and actionable theory-to-practice connections for practitioners, professionals, and faculty at all levels who work to support post-baccalaureate student thriving. Appendix available for download online at www.routledge.com/9780367639884 on the tab that is entitled "Support Material."
Download or read book A Field Guide to Grad School written by Jessica McCrory Calarco and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential handbook to the unwritten and often unspoken knowledge and skills you need to succeed in grad school Some 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 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. Provides invaluable advice about how to: Choose and apply to a graduate program Stay on track in your program Publish and promote your work Get the most out of conferences Navigate the job market Balance teaching, research, service, and life
Download or read book Graduate School written by David G. Mumby and published by PRTPS. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimed at college and university students in all major fields of study, this book covers everything one needs to know about how to apply successfully to graduate school in North America.
Download or read book Thriving in Graduate School written by Arielle Shanok and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-08-02 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses the mental health challenges of graduate school and how students can succeed and thrive. With rates of depression and anxiety six times higher among graduate students than the general population, maintaining emotional wellbeing in graduate school is vital! Students must be prepared with skills that will not only help them perform well but also help them feel well. Thriving in Graduate School: The Expert's Guide to Success and Wellness is the first book on graduate student mental health written by mental health professionals. It promotes psychologically healthy approaches to navigating the graduate school experience and teaches students that they are not alone in their mental health struggles. The authors introduce students to unique perspectives that are key to positive mental health. Additionally, this is the only book of its type to explore issues routinely faced by historically marginalized graduate students. Special sections at the end of each chapter written for faculty, administrators, and mental health professionals augment the book by suggesting ways that each of these groups can help guide and support graduate students through their journey. Featuring vignettes and experiences from actual graduate students, Thriving in Graduate School sheds light on common—but hidden—truths to help students manage the many challenges they will face and even thrive during their graduate school years. Written with compassion and humor, this is a must read for prospective students and those who seek to support them.
Download or read book The Graduate s Survival Guide written by Rachel Cruze and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-30 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if there was a personal guide that would prepare graduating seniors for their college experience? Now, there is one. Rachel Cruze is excited to introduce The Graduate s Survival Guide. No incoming college freshman should leave home without this gift, which will help prepare them for many of the dangers and unanswered questions they have about college. The Graduate s Survival Guide includes a book, presented in a fun and easy Q&A format, that will quickly become a trusted companion. Topics Include:Balancing a CheckbookCollision and Liability InsuranceCompound InterestCredit CardsDebtGivingPart-Time JobsSavingStudent Loansand Much More. The guide also includes a humorous and informative DVD about college life. In segmented tracks, Rachel Cruze, Christy Wright and Jon Acuff share helpful and hilarious tips and stories on topics like class scheduling, finances, eating out, college living, and roommates. The Graduate s Survival Guide is the gift you wish you d had when you went to college. Don t let the graduating seniors in your life leave home without it!
Download or read book The Graduate School Mess written by Leonard Cassuto and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American graduate education is in disarray. Graduate study in the humanities takes too long and those who succeed face a dismal academic job market. Leonard Cassuto gives practical advice about how faculty can teach and advise students so that they are prepared for the demands of the working worlds they will join, inside and outside the academy.
Download or read book The African American Student s Guide to Surviving Graduate School written by Alicia Isaac and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1998-05-27 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it take to get into and through graduate school? What special challenges, opportunities, and issues face an African American graduate student? The African American Student's Guide to Surviving Graduate School offers a practical roadmap to help African American students get the most out of their graduate school experience. The book covers a number of issues, including: creating a program of study, financial aid, and the dissertation process. Author Alicia Isaac thoroughly covers the entire graduate process, offering case studies, anecdotes, words of wisdom from prominent African Americans, checklists, and self-assessment scales to provide a useful guide for students involved in or considering graduate study.
Download or read book The Graduate s Handbook written by Clark Gaither and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most memorable gift you can give to a new graduate is sound advice for a successful life. In his second book, author Clark Gaither gives his best advice in The Graduate's Handbook, highlighting the hardest easy lessons he's ever learned. For a head start on a life of passion and purpose, this gift book imbues graduates with hope, inspiration, motivation, and the truth about living life on life's terms. The Graduate's Handbook is more than a thoughtful gift book--it offers insight on careers, procrastination, reality-based living, fear, failure, and relationships. Page after page includes profound quotations from the author himself and dozens of successful authors, philosophers, and historical figures. "We are glorious creatures of the universe destined to accomplish, to build, to produce, to create, to innovate." Graduates can make this book extra special by writing their future goals in the front, which they can look back on years from now to see how far they've come! Each gift book includes an area for inscription to make it a personal gift from you. Whether you're buying for a high school or college graduate, this keepsake will guide and teach them for many years to come!
Download or read book Graduate Research written by Robert V. Smith and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise, encouraging, and filled with practical information, this book is a step-by-step guide for students in the life, natural, physical, and social-behavioral sciences. This third edition has been updated with information about new federal regulations governing research and acknowledges the importance of the internet and World Wide Web to today�s scientific community. It will be an invaluable resource not only for graduate students but also for undergraduates and high school students planning for the future.
Download or read book A Graduate Student Guide written by Carol A. Mullen and published by R & L Education. This book was released on 2006 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a reader-friendly resource for graduate students who are seeking strategies and opportunities to be effectively mentored.
Download or read book How to Apply to Graduate School Without Really Lying written by Charles Walters and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to PhD The Graduate School Handbook written by Oindree Banerjee and published by Oindree Banerjee. This book was released on 2019-08-21 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step-by-step graduate school guide and self-help book complete with everything you need to know to succeed at all stages of your PhD from applying to graduate schools to successfully finishing the degree. Includes the FOUR STEPS that you can take for guaranteed and speedy graduation. Success is about knowing what it is going to take and this book will tell you just that. The How to PhD book achieved rank #1 BestSeller in the College Guides category and rank #3 in the Adult & Continuing Education category for Free books on Amazon. What is How to PhD? --Graduate school handbook --Easy to read --To the point --Self-help book --Everything you need to know Includes the below-listed and more: --Sample Statement of Purpose from a successful graduate school application --Sample advisor breakup email (for when you need to switch research groups) --Seven benefits you can leverage as a teaching assistant --Complete steps for passing the "prelim" or candidacy exam --Ten ways to improve your talks --Complete steps for publishing your research in a top journal --The four types of journal papers you can contribute to in graduate school --Reasons why graduating is hard and how to tackle each situation --The four steps for guaranteed and speedy graduation While every PhD is unique, each one is a journey filled with challenge and struggle. How to PhD: The Graduate School Handbook is the first book of a series and also the first of its kind. It is a book filled with everything I wish I had known before starting graduate school. Whether you are considering getting a PhD or have already started, this book is for you as it takes you through all the stages of getting the degree. It is complete with everything from how to get into graduate school to how to actually finish successfully. In between, you will learn about: --the importance of finding a good advisor, --finding a good advisor, --how to pass the candidacy exam or "prelim", --fighting demoralization, --and how to communicate your research, including writing papers. Graduate school handbook Every chapter in this self-help book is meant to tackle a specific problem in your graduate school career. It all culminates in the most important chapter "Endgame" where I spell out how you can successfully wrap up your PhD. The How to PhD book also includes excerpts from my next book, specifically on the following topics: --To postdoc or not to postdoc, that is the tension --Job Search: Why adding value is the best thing to do Good news! You can get the book for free! Scroll to where it says 'Get it free' on the book's website - howtophd.org/ Then, simply type in your email and I will send you instructions on how to get the book for FREE. Doing a PhD can make you feel isolated and lead to mental health problems. This is why How to PhD exists. My goal is to provide community, support, and actionable steps to help students succeed in PhD programs and overcome the challenges of academia. Categories: self-help, college guides, adult and continuing education, PhD handbook, PhD help book, graduate school handbook
