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Graduate School

Learn how to overcome challenges faced by women, minorities, and first-generation students in graduate school. Discover ways to combat the lack of visibility, isolation, and other common problems. Gain insights into the differences between graduate and undergraduate education and navigate the unwritten rules of graduate study.

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Graduate School

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  1. Graduate School How To Succeed

  2. Sobering Statistics • Women make up just 22% of tenured faculty at universities • African-American only 3% • Hispanics/Latinos only 2% • Native Americans only 1% • Asians only 4% • First Generation Students only 12%

  3. Problems Faced by Women, Minorities, and First Generation Students • Climate • Lack of Visibility • Lack of Role Models • Isolation • General Lack of Understanding of the Academic Game

  4. Combating the Problem • Check out the university before you attend—Are there any support groups? • Learn assertive communication skills. • Find an advisor who will be honest with you. • Brag. • Work on mainstream as well as newer topics.

  5. Differences Between Graduate and Undergraduate Education • Consumer to Producer of Knowledge • Indifferent Faculty • Emotional Suffering Is Good for You • Assertive Students • Timidity and Passivity Are Destructive • Responsible for Knowing Regulations

  6. Different Attitudes • Use of the best methods is important • Accumulation of knowledge is its own reward • Academicians are connected

  7. The Unwritten Rules of Graduate Study • Show no weaknesses • Sell yourself • Do not come empty-handed—No one will give you the degree. You have to take it! • Find shared research interests • Work in your field outside the academic semester

  8. Unwritten Rules Continued • Find an expertise you can share with the semester • Realize the importance of self-management • Speak up • Read journals in your field • Begin presenting at conferences • Show respect

  9. Unwritten Rules Continued • Connect with Professors • Avoid department politics • Never bad mouth a professor

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