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Marginal Relevance of Major Professor in Early Career Success

Marginal Relevance of Major Professor in Early Career Success. Ted Schroeder Kansas State University Organized Symposium Student Advisor Match: Path to the Successful Career AAEA Meetings, Milwaukee July 27, 2009. Top Five Reasons Students Pursue Agricultural Economics Ph.D.

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Marginal Relevance of Major Professor in Early Career Success

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  1. Marginal Relevance of Major Professor in Early Career Success Ted Schroeder Kansas State University Organized Symposium Student Advisor Match: Path to the Successful Career AAEA Meetings, Milwaukee July 27, 2009

  2. Top Five Reasons Students Pursue Agricultural Economics Ph.D. Source: Mark et al., 2002

  3. What is Academic Success / Productivity? • Knowledge Discovery - Research • (publications, grants, research reports, presentations) • 2. Student Education & Advising • (classes taught, mentoring, evaluations, publications) • 3. Extension Education • (web hits, meetings held, evaluations, publications) • 4. Service / Leadership / Administration Academic “success” is not tenure or promotion

  4. Resourceful Motivated Smart Creative Dedicated Hungry Persistent Finisher Lucky Intense Prescription for Academic Success?

  5. Top Five Reasons Ph.D. Students Choose an Ag Econ Program Source: Mark et al., 2002

  6. Preparing Yourself • You are in charge! • - Select institution with attention to your tastes, program tier matters • Hilmer & Hilmer 2007 (same advisor ranks, different program tier): • Elite tier 1 advisor graduates publish 0.50 more articles/yr than elite tier 2 advisor graduates • Middle tier 1 advisor graduate publish same as middle advisor tier 2

  7. Articles Published Since Ph.D. Receipt by Program Graduates upper adjacent median 25% 25% 25% outliers Publications per year Source: Hilmer and Hilmer, 2007, 1,572 Ph.D. recipients, 1987-2000 degree dates

  8. Preparing Yourself • You are in charge! • - Select institution with attention to your tastes, program tier matters • - Select your major advisor with attention to your specialization and advisor’s productivity (personal characteristics may matter) • Hilmer & Hilmer 2007 (same program, different advisor rank): • Elite tier 1 advisor graduates publish 1.2 more articles/yr than middle tier 1 advisor • Elite tier 2 advisor graduates publish 0.7 more articles/yr than middle tier 2 advisor

  9. Resourceful Motivated Smart Creative Dedicated Hungry Persistent Finisher Lucky Intense Prescription for Academic Success? Pay attention to your own utility function. Spend a significant part of your time on work you like to do. You will enjoy life more and you will also be more productive. George Ladd, 1991

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