Are you thinking about applying to graduate school? As you may recall from my last blog post, My Story: Making a Career Change at Age 29, I recently went through the application process and am working toward my master’s degree in Higher Education ...
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By Laura Meyer
Laura Meyer is an IBM Client Executive and co-founder of BOULD. She is based out of San Francisco.
It took me six years to fully change my career, and I'm still learning about the path in which I am headed. Here's my story on the ...
Posted Thursday, March 10th 2016 at 3:14PM
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You've taken the bold stance that sixteen years of school somehow isn't enough for you. Don't get us wrong, we're impressed. We're also a little frightened of you, but that's okay. That's unimportant. What's important is that you're applying to gradu ...
Posted Thursday, March 10th 2016 at 3:01PM
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Is your first degree not getting you as far as you expected? Thinking of going to grad school but don’t know how you’ll balance it with your career? The truth is, there are going to be some peaks and valleys along the way – especially for those ...
Posted Wednesday, March 9th 2016 at 12:32PM
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By Ryan Hickey, Petersons & EssayEdge
If you’re trying to prep for the GRE while working or going to school (or both!), it can seem like sacrificing sleep is the only way to make time for studying. Fortunately, that’s not the case.
With the ...
Posted Wednesday, March 9th 2016 at 12:05PM
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As the student debt calculator shows, some people take on more student loan debt than they can afford. Graduate school isn't any different. The Washington Post looked at 10 careers -- some of which require graduate degrees -- and used our calculator ...
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This summer six undergraduate students participated in an eight-week fellowship program on the campus of the University of Virginia entitled the Leadership Alliance Mellon Initiative. The program seeks to encourage students from underrepresented mino ...
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In 1998, Rena Pasick, now a professor of medicine and associate director of community education and outreach at the University of California, San Francisco’s Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, founded the Minority Training Program in ...
Posted Wednesday, March 9th 2016 at 11:10AM
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The average debt load among 2014 MBA grads who borrowed was $56,157, according to U.S. News data.
By Susannah Snider
The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hope ...
Posted Wednesday, March 9th 2016 at 10:59AM
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By Rosemarie Emanuele
When I was in graduate school, I sometimes used a program that came to statistical conclusions using an iterative procedure. If I remember correctly, these iterations, where the results are derived from earlier results, remin ...
Posted Monday, March 7th 2016 at 3:56PM
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By Katie Shives
Katie Shives is a PhD candidate in Microbiology at the University of Colorado. Her writing can be found on her portfolio site, kdshives.com.
As an ABD student bent on finishing up this summer my personal mantra has become
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Posted Monday, March 7th 2016 at 3:54PM
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Heading off to grad school? Not so fast. If you haven’t completed the GREs or the GMAT, you should probably start preparing – and soon! In the same way that high school students take the SATs in order to apply for college, college students take t ...
Posted Thursday, March 3rd 2016 at 12:15PM
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By Laura Morrison
So you have made it through four years of college and have earned your degree. Now what? Good question. Ready for the answer? Graduate school.
Why go to Grad School
While it may be difficult to consider more schooling, consid ...
Posted Thursday, March 3rd 2016 at 12:11PM
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New application essays and letters of recommendation can help rejected law school applicants be admitted.
Welcome to the latest installment of Law Admissions Q&A, a monthly feature in Law Admissions Lowdown that provides admissions advice to reade ...
Posted Thursday, March 3rd 2016 at 10:45AM
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The strings attached to some scholarships may hurt students, experts say.
By Delece Smith-Barrow
For all that's uncertain about the future of legal education in America, some things remain consistent.
Law school enrollment continues to declin ...
Posted Thursday, March 3rd 2016 at 10:26AM
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Your recommenders are doing you a favor, so the least you can do is make their job easier by following proper LOR etiquette. Breaking these important letter of rec rules may result in your recommenders deciding not to dish out the most favorable revi ...
Posted Wednesday, March 2nd 2016 at 1:00PM
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By Beth Luberecki
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When trying to get into graduate school, you want your application to stand out. But not because it’s missing information or is poorly prepared. Your application reflects who you are as a candidat ...
Posted Wednesday, March 2nd 2016 at 12:56PM
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You might think the title for this article is a joke — after all, who has time to read extraneous writings during grad school? But, you might be glad that you glanced through this list of the top 50 blogs every graduate student should read, and to ...
Posted Wednesday, March 2nd 2016 at 11:56AM
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Posted Wednesday, March 2nd 2016 at 11:37AM
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By Andrew D. Gaudet
As Steven’s eyes rise from his Western blot membrane, he takes note of his surroundings in the lab. To his left: superstar postdoc Laura. Laura is always on task; she has submitted a manuscript within her first year in the la ...
Posted Wednesday, March 2nd 2016 at 11:27AM
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Whether you are considering an MBA, a law degree or a Ph.D., U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools 2017 guidebook can help you find the right program (and the money to pay the bills). The ultimate guide to more than 1,900 professional, m ...
Posted Wednesday, March 2nd 2016 at 11:14AM
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Contact: Katherine Hazelrigg
(202) 461-3888 / khazelrigg@cgs.nche.edu
Washington, D.C. — On January 27-28, the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) convened approximately 40 scholars and leaders in graduate education, scholarly publishing, academ ...
Posted Wednesday, March 2nd 2016 at 11:07AM
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by Jill Hamburg Coplan
PayScale crunched the numbers for Fortune and identified the grad degrees that lead to lucrative careers — and those that lead to high stress and low pay.
It’s that time of year when college graduates ponder their fu ...
Posted Wednesday, March 2nd 2016 at 10:45AM
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No matter what your profession may be, chances are it’s becoming more and more competitive. If you’re looking to take the next step in your career, a graduate degree could give you the edge you may need.
Did you know?
People with a master’s ...
Posted Wednesday, March 2nd 2016 at 10:38AM
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By Barry Saunders
Cast down your buckets where you are – Booker T. Washington
A year ago, syndicated columnist George Curry wrote a piece asking “Is Obama trying to kill black colleges?” because some critics felt the dude was neglecti ...
Posted Tuesday, March 1st 2016 at 10:34AM
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