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The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career: A Portable Mentor for Scholars from Graduate School through TenureJohn A. Goldsmith, John Komlos, and Penny Schine GoldCloth - $35.00 Paper - $13.00 Published by The University of Chicago Press, Spring 2001 Description: Written as an informal conversation among colleagues, the book is packed with inside information--about finding a mentor, avoiding pitfalls when writing a dissertation, negotiating the job listings, and much more. The three authors' distinctive opinions and strategies offer the reader multiple perspectives on typical problems. With rare candor and insight, they talk about such tough issues as departmental politics, dual-career marriages, and sexual harassment. Rounding out the discussion are short essays that offer the "inside track" on financing graduate education, publishing the first book, and leaving academia for the corporate world. This helpful guide is for anyone who has ever wondered what the fascinating and challenging world of academia might hold in store.
How to Be a Successful Online StudentSara Dulaney GilbertPaperback List: $16.95 -- Amazon.com Price: $13.56 -- You Save: $3.39 (20%) Published by McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, December 2000 Description: Offers guidelines and advice to becoming a successful online student, providing the basics of how online learning works. Includes information on how to determine if someone is a good candidate for online learning, advice for what can and cannot be studied online, and how to combine online learning with traditional classes.
The College Board International Student Handbook 2001 (International Student Handbook, 2001)
by College Board (Editor), Theresa Carroll Schweser (Preface)Paperback, 14th Edition / Published August 2000 List Price: $25.95 -- Our Price: $20.76 -- You Save: $5.19 (20%) Book Description Includes College Explorer CD-ROM This one-of-a-kind directory-the only guide available for the growing number of resident international students-now includes the same college search software as The College Board College Handbook 2001. The tabular presentation in the book gives students detailed facts about colleges' policies and special programs for international students. The CD- ROM gives students in-depth information about the colleges' campus environment, student life, academic programs, and more.
Graduate School : Winning Strategies for Getting in With or Without Excellent GradesDave G. Mumby, Ph.D.Paperback List Price: $19.95 Note: This title usually ships within 4-6 weeks Published by Proto Press, October 1997 From the publisher College and university students have been waiting for this! University and college students finally have a guidebook that deals with ALL aspects of the graduate school application process, and shows the way to a successful application. This book dispels the most common misconceptions students have about the nature of graduate school and what it takes to get into a good program, including the two most popular myths Ñ that you need outstanding grades, and that outstanding grades are all you need! The information and advice will help prospective graduate students steer clear of the pitfalls that prevent most applicants from getting in. It explains what admissions committees and graduate supervisors are really looking for in students who apply to their programs. Armed with insight to how and why the winning applicants are selected, readers learn how to navigate, step-by-step, through the application process, maximizing the impact of each component of their applications, and avoiding a great deal of unnecessary confusion, anxiety, and stress. It includes a sample plan and timetable to help both early and late starters organize their application strategies, and an extensive directory of other valuable resources. The information and advice in this comprehensive guidebook is based on interviews with Graduate Program Directors and other faculty members from universities across North America, and the authorÕs experiences as a professor, a graduate supervisor, a member of graduate admissions committees, and someone who got into graduate school without excellent grades.
10 Minute Guide to Applying to Grad School (10 Minute Guides)by Ellen Lichtenstein, Sharon McDonnellPaperback List: $10.95 -- Amazon.com Price: $8.76 -- You Save: $2.19(20%) Published by Arco Pub, January,1997 From the publisher: 10 Minutes is all you need to learn how to:
The Ultimate Grad School Survival Guide : Getting In, Getting Money, Exams and Classes, the Profs, the Thesis/Dissertationby Lesli Mitchell209 pages, Paperback List: $14.95 -- Amazon.com Price: $11.96 --You Save: $2.99(20%) Published by Petersons Guides, August, 1996 Card catalog description Based on an extensive survey of graduate students from a wide range of disciplines and universities, The Ultimate Grad School Survival Guide is loaded with hundreds of practical tips on every aspect of grad school life, including finding the right school,studying for the GRE, preparing applications, writing high-impact application essays,maximizing financial aid, gathering vital information early, networking and building alliances, managing your course work, prepping for exams, taking your orals, learning to teach, balancing teaching obligations with your research, choosing a thesis or dissertation topic, picking the right adviser, publishing academic papers, and - finally - getting a job in a very competitive market.
Graduate Admissions Essays : What Works, What Doesn't and Whyby Donald Asher131 pages, Paperback List: $11.95 -- Amazon.com Price: $9.56 -- You Save: $2.39 (20%) Published by Ten Speed Press, August, 1991
Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning, 14th editionby John Bear, Mariah Bear432 pages, Paperbacki List Price: $29.95 Our Price: $20.96 -- You Save: $8.99 (30%) Published by Ten Speed Press, February 2001 Synopsis: The essential reference to alternative education, this book covers it all: night and weekend colleges, foreign medical schools, degress by Internet and other e-mail avenues, and basically every other way of earning a Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, law, or medical degree through some unconventional method.
Getting What You Came for : The Smart Student's Guide to Earning a Master's or a Ph.D.by Robert L. PetersRev Edition, Paperback List: $14.00 -- Amazon.com Price: $11.20 -- You Save: $2.80(20%) Published by Noonday Press, April 1997 Synopsis: Most students find graduate school radically different from their undergraduate experience or from the working world--they are unprepared for the emotional and social isolation, or for the absence of guidance. This guide helps students forge through graduate school and then find a job, including applying to school and for financial aid, writing a thesis, managing academic politics, and more. Financing Graduate School : How to Get the Money for Your Master's or Ph.D.by Patricia McWadePaperback Revised edition List Price: $16.95 Our Price: $13.56 -- You Save: $3.39 (20%) Published by Petersons Guides, September 1996 Review Financing Graduate School by Patricia McWade is both well written and straight forward in its' approach to provide insight to many of the sources to aid students in their search for graduate financial aid. While Ms. McWade provides a host of leads for women, minorities, veterans, and international students she did manage to overlook potential sources of funding for male students. Had she selected another title for her work, I believe more women would find it earlier in their searches.
Guide to American Graduate Schoolsby Harold R. Doughty8th Edition, Paperback List: $24.95 -- Amazon.com Price: $19.96 -- You Save: $4.99(20%) Published by Penguin USA, November 1997 Synopsis: Now expanded and fully revised, this indispensable reference students covers every aspect of graduate study, including enrollments, locations and housing situations for more than 1,200 institutions, fields of study offered by each institution, admissions and degree requirements, financial aid and grant opportunities, and details on scholarships, fellowships, assistantships, and internships
The 100 Best Colleges for African-American Studentsby Erlene B. WilsonPaperback List: $12.95 -- Amazon.com Price: $10.36 -- You Save: $2.59(20%) Published by Plume, September 1993 Synopsis: This up-to-date college guide for African-American students "tells it like it is, " including firsthand student reports on campus social and cultural environments, to offer a vivid picture of what life on each campus is like.
The Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Students' Guide to Colleges, Universities, and Graduate Schoolsby Jan-Mitchell Sherrill, Craig A. HardestyPaperback List: $15.95 Published by New York Univ Press, March 1994
The International Student's Guide to Going to College in America : How to Choose Colleges and Universities in the United States : How to Apply ...by Sidonia M. Dalby, Sally Rubenstone, Emily Harrison WeirPaperback List: $12.95 -- Amazon.com Price: $10.36 -- You Save: $2.59 (20%) Published by Arco Publishing, August 1996 |
