Another resource for doctoral students
A site that focuses on resources and advice for doctoral students interviewed me about protoscholar and the results are posted …
Category Archives: Graduate school
Looks good on paper
In the course of my PhD program I took upwards of 18 credits of research methods classes: Introducation to Statistics …
Interesting posts from other blogs…
A couple of other blogs had posts this week that caught my attention and that I wanted to share. Both …
Computer skills for graduate students (and professors)
Computing for Psychologists has a great post on Computing skills for (psychology) students, most of which I think applies to …
The long and winding road to a PhD: Another Infographic
I love a good infographic. Here are many of the stats I’ve discussed regarding grad school rolled up into a …
The problem isn’t just the social sciences and humanities
Apparently the problem of oversupply of PhDs is nearly as bad in the physical and biological sciences. A tenured prof …
100 reasons NOT to go to graduate school
I found a new blog today that echos many of my previous posts on the issues with going to graduate school. …
Lesson 3: Dissertation productivity requires different tools
When I first started this blog (during my coursework) one of my biggest concerns was productivity; how was I going …
Lesson 2: Your health is more important than finishing a semester earlier…
One of my bigger mistakes was setting aside things like eating right and working out regularly while I worked on …
Lesson 1: There is a reason for the 50% graduation rate
Only 50% of doctoral students graduate. Having gone through the process, this is no longer surprising. I wrote once before …
