Today is a Special Request post for Meagan, who wishes to know how to approach a famous and influential scholar in her department to be the chair of her dissertation committee. Ideally, you will have arranged to work with your … Continue reading
William Pannapacker has published, over the last several years, a number of widely influential pieces in the Chronicle of Higher Education and, this past week, in Slate, criticizing the ethics and economics of graduate programs in the humanities. His most … Continue reading
This video makes all other posts on graduate school obsolete. That doesn’t mean I’ll stop posting, though. (Thanks to Leaving Academia blog http://www.leavingacademia.com) … Continue reading