by Dora Farkas, PhD
Dropping Out of Grad School Is A Silent Epidemic
Dropping out of grad school has a high financial and emotional cost for students and their families.
Every year about 50% of grad students drop out of doctoral programs.
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Posted Wednesday, November 16th 2016 at 1:23PM
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday are big sale days for gamers, whether you’re looking for hardware, software, or some gifts for your fellow gamers in the coming holiday season. If there are any games or consoles you want to buy, this month is the time t ...
Posted Wednesday, November 16th 2016 at 1:18PM
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In the academic world, plagiarism is considered as a serious offense because stealing the work of another writer is an unacceptable tactic. Today, falling into the plagiarism trap has become very easy and even tempting because the Internet has all in ...
Posted Wednesday, November 16th 2016 at 1:13PM
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Kalonymous Kalman Shapira was an influential Polish Rabbi murdered by the Nazis in the Trawniki concentration camp. Before the war, Rabbi Shapira published a respected book on learning titled Chovas haTalmidim, which roughly translates to The Student’s Obligation.
A reader (and religious studies ...
Posted Tuesday, October 18th 2016 at 1:25PM
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Japanese women are well known for their slim, healthy, and toned figures. While genetics almost certainly plays a role, many claim that their morning ritual may also be helping them stay healthier. Put simply, most Japanese women drink water immediat ...
Posted Tuesday, October 18th 2016 at 1:22PM
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Audrey Watters shared this link to a ProPublica Series, Machine Bias, with a post on understanding Facebook and all that they know about us. I was particularly interested in the Chrome plugin that lets you know what Facebook thinks you like. They are ...
Posted Tuesday, October 18th 2016 at 1:19PM
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Colin Kaepernick is a multi-millionaire, NFL quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. He recently made headlines by refusing to stand for the U.S. National Anthem before the start of NFL games. Lot of people have impassioned opinions on the accepta ...
Posted Tuesday, October 18th 2016 at 1:18PM
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You know those people who are good at, like, everything? We all know someone who seems like a master at everything they touch. They’re always trying something new and magically excelling at it.
While I’m definitely not one of those people, I continue to try new things even if I’m bad at them. W ...
Posted Tuesday, October 18th 2016 at 1:15PM
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We are excited to announce the launch of the 10th edition of the Google Online Marketing Challenge! Professor and student registrations for the 2017 GOMC are now open.
What is GOMC?
GOMC is an annual global online marketing competition for students from higher education institutions aroun ...
Posted Tuesday, October 18th 2016 at 1:08PM
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There are a lot of amazing benefits to being more present and mindful, but one of my favorites is this: you’re not missing the beauty and joy of the present moment.
Being present also helps you to see when you are feeling fear or resistance, uncertainty or the urge to procrastinate, anger or rese ...
Posted Tuesday, October 18th 2016 at 12:32PM
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I’m packing for a weekend getaway as I type this, which has inspired me to write an “Every Day Carry” (EDC) tech guide for weekend getaways. You don’t need to carry a lot in order to be prepared for a weekend away. In fact, pocket clutter is real and ...
Posted Tuesday, October 18th 2016 at 12:30PM
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The ease of applying to dozens of schools with just one click is problematic for students—and universities.
Over the last decade, the internet has made it much easier for students to apply to college, especially thanks to services like the “Common App.” For the nearly 700 schools now part o ...
Posted Tuesday, October 18th 2016 at 12:27PM
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“So, what do you do?” I asked the young blond woman sitting next to me at dinner at a networking event.
“I am a researcher at a biotech startup in Cambridge. I have been working there for 2 years and I love it. I started after I got my Masters.”
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Posted Tuesday, October 18th 2016 at 12:25PM
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Graduate study entails a great deal of reading. This is true across all disciplines. How do you remember what you've read? Without a system for recording and recalling the information you've obtained, the time you spend reading will be wasted. Here a ...
Posted Tuesday, October 18th 2016 at 12:20PM
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Someone clever once said, “A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your step as you walk the tightrope of life." My name is Paula, and I am in my second year of a PhD in Management at NEOMA Business School (Paris, Reims), while residing (and working full-time) in the US. So ...
Posted Tuesday, October 18th 2016 at 12:17PM
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The Third Annual National HBCU Pre-Law Summit & Law Expo is scheduled to take place on Friday, September 23 and Saturday, September 24 at Georgia State University College of Law in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. ...
Posted Tuesday, September 13th 2016 at 2:42PM
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By
Jacob Gershman
Bar-exam passage rates and racial diversity are two flashpoints in the legal industry. The two are now bumping against each other as the legal establishment weighs a proposal to tighten law school a ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2016 at 11:11AM
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Are you currently working in the Logistics and Transportation Industry? Are you seeking to work in a field of law that is growing and evolving? If so, please join us on August 4th from 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (EDT) for a FREE informational webinar for Florida Coastal School of Law's online programs ...
Posted Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 at 11:38PM
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First, the GOOD NEWS! The 2016 APPIC Match statistics continue to demonstrate improvement in the Match rate for internship applicants. Logically, the improved numbers would abate much of the nervousness about tackling the internship process.
Howe ...
Posted Friday, July 22nd 2016 at 4:35PM
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Do you ask yourself often: but what if….? And then the following pops up in your head: my experiment will fail, my supervisor is not content, I might not find the right literature, if my PhD won’t succeed, if I can’t do it. Probably you can easy add ...
Posted Friday, July 22nd 2016 at 4:10PM
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One day in late 2013, I remember vividly a conversation that I had with my associate principal about educators pursuing advanced degrees. At the time, I was in the second to last class of my Masters in Educational Leadership,and I was set to graduate in May 2014. He was discussing with me his reason ...
Posted Friday, July 22nd 2016 at 4:08PM
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By Rackham Graduate School
This summer marks the 30th anniversary of the Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP), one of the University of Michigan’s most dynamic recruitment efforts intended to prepare students from underrepresented background ...
Posted Friday, July 22nd 2016 at 3:55PM
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This guest post is written by an anonymous member who obtained his Master’s degree in Neuroscience from the University of British Columbia.
The story that I am going to tell here is not exactly the most glamorous one. During my graduate study, I failed to generate publishable results, had fr ...
Posted Friday, July 22nd 2016 at 3:48PM
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Law school is unusual among post-graduate educational pursuits in that a bad undergraduate GPA doesn’t necessarily ruin your chances to attend an excellent law school. In fact, with a high enough LSAT score, you might just get into a T14 law school w ...
Posted Friday, July 22nd 2016 at 3:31PM
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