Archive for the ‘graduateschool’ tag
Best Books for Graduate Students?
A while back, I asked for your recommendations for the best books for undergrads, and you came through with a pretty impressive list. Let’s advance a few years.
What books do you recommend to graduate students, on God, on academia, or just about life in general?
There will probably be some overlap, but here are some common graduate school situations that might affect the list:
- Deeper exploration of a specific discipline or profession
- New life experiences (e.g. marriage, children, death of family and friends)
- Coping with failure and success
- The “quarterlife crisis“
- Growth and change in one’s spiritual life
What are your suggestions?
Call for Member Accomplishments
In our next Emerging Scholars Review, we’re planning on highlighting accomplishments of ESN members, as a way of recognizing your personal achievements and encouraging other ESN members who are still in the middle of their degree, research project, or tenure process. Read the rest of this entry »
Why Get a Ph.D. in the Humanities?
Way back in January (ancient history for most blogs, but we at ESN are committed to learning from the past), the Chronicle of Higher Education published the column “Graduate School in the Humanities: Just Don’t Go” by Thomas H. Benton (the pen name of William Pannapacker, an English professor at Hope College). After reviewing the dismal (and diminishing) prospects for tenure-track jobs in the humanities, Benton recommends pursuing a Ph.D. in the humanities only if you fall into one of the four following categories: Read the rest of this entry »
Harvey Fellows: $16,000 for Graduate School
This is a great opportunity for Christians pursuing graduate education. The Harvey Fellows, an initiative of the Mustard Seed Foundation, provides annual stipends of $16,000 (renewable for up to 3 years!) for Christians pursuing graduate education in fields in which Christians are underrepresented. (Note: they include “research, teaching, and administration at premier colleges and universities” as one of these fields, so most ESN members will qualify.) The Harvey Fellows also target students in programs that are recognized as among the “top five” in their discipline, and you can either be in or applying to a graduate program.
The deadline for this year’s application is November 1. Also, if you have an old application sitting in your file cabinet, the Harvey Fellows now require you to submit an on-line application, so visit their website to start the process.
The Making of an Economist
In Books & Culture, Robert Whaples, professor of economics at Wake Forest, reviews the updated The Making of an Economist (Redux), an examination of the country’s best graduate programs in economics and the process by which they “turn a select group of bright students into the analytical economists that society has come to hate, yet revere.” Whaples notes that the first edition of this book “became must reading for those considering taking the plunge” into an economics graduate program.
