Resources for Graduate Students

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TOMORROW'S PROFESSOR  "Desk-top faculty development, one hundred times a year."  This is an outstanding listserver that mails summaries of the best information relevant to new and prospective faculty members.

	phds.org An excellent clearing house of useful articles and resources on graduate education.
	The Chronicle of Higher Education.  In addition to listing jobs, the Chronicle's web site has a lot of great features on the job market and related issues.  The body of the Chronicle has many articles of interest on all facets of American higher education.
	Science magazine's web site, Next Wave, is aimed at young scientists.
	The National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS)

	The Ph.D. Process : A Student's Guide to Graduate School in the Sciences by Dale F. Bloom, Jonathan D. Karp, Nicholas Cohen.  Oxford Press, 1998. This is a terrific book that starts with applying and continues all the way through the process.
	Getting What You Came for : The Smart Student's Guide to Earning a Master's or a Ph.D. by Robert L. Peters.  Noonday Press, 1997.
	Tomorrow's Professor : Preparing for Academic Careers in Science and Engineering by Richard M. Reis.  IEEE Press, 1997. This is advice to start using in graduate school, and takes the reader through early years as a faculty member.  This book spun off the excellent "Tomorrow's Professor" listserver.
	A Ph.D. Is Not Enough : A Guide to Survival in Science by Peter J. Feibelman.  Perseus Press, 1994.
	Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis by Joan Bolker.  Owl Books, 1998. As it says, this is about writing the dissertation, and doing a little bit every day.  Particularly good for humanities and social science students.
	Put Your Science to Work : The Take-Charge Career Guide for Scientists by Peter S. Fiske.  American Geophysical Union, 2000. This book helps science students think beyond academia and traditional research jobs.
	The Academic Job Search Handbook by Mary Morris Heiberger, Julia Miller Vick. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996.  This book helps demystify the process of looking for a faculty position.  The authors also write a column for the Chronicle of Higher Education.
	The Academic's Handbook by A. Leigh Deneef (Editor), Craufurd D. Goodwin (Editor).  Duke University Press, 1995.  A great book about being a faculty member, with chapters that cover many different topics, each written by someone with expertise on that matter.
	Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering.  National Academy of Sciences, 1997. This is aimed at faculty members, and offers advice on advising.
	Athena Unbound: The Advancement of Women in Science and Technology by Henry Etzkowitz, Carol Kemelgor, Brian Uzzi.  Cambridge University Press, 2000.
	In Pursuit of the Ph.D by William G. Bowen, Neil L. Rudenstine.  1992.  Aimed more at administrators and policy makers, this is a data-rich book about doctoral education.  A must read for anyone doing research in this area.

	AAU Committee on Graduate Education Report and Recommendations.  Association of American Universities, 1998.
	Addressing the Nation’s Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists. National Academy of Sciences, 2000.
	Digest of Education Statistics, 1999.  National Center for Education Statistics, Department of Education, 1999.
	The Federal Role in Science and Engineering Graduate and Postdoctoral Education.  National Science Board, National Science Foundation, 1997.
	From Rumors to Facts: Career Outcomes of English Ph.D.s.  Results from the Ph.D.s-Ten Years Later Study.  Maresi Nerad and Joseph Cerny. Communicator, 32, 7, September, 1999. Council of Graduate Schools.
	The Humanities Ph.D. and  Careers Outside the Academy. The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 1998

Modern Language Association (MLA) committee on professional  employment report (1997)

The Federal Role in Science and Engineering Graduate and Postdoctoral Education. National Science Board, National Science Foundation, 1997.

National Institute for Science Education.  Graduate Education Forum (1997)

A National Conversation on Doctoral Education: An Emerging Consensus. Report from the National Convocation on Science and Engineering.  Doctoral Education National Academy of Sciences. (1996)

Re-envisioning the Ph.D.  Project and Conference, 2000.

Reshaping the Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers. National Academy of Sciences, 1995. (COSEPUP Report)

Science and Engineering Indicators – 2000.  National Science Board.  National Science Foundation, 2000.

The Status of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty.  American Association of University Professors, 1993.

Summary Report 1998.  Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities. National Opinion Research Center (1999). Survey of Earned Doctorates.

Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists.  National Research Council,1998.

Phds.org 1999 Graduate School Survey.  This survey allowed students to self-assess their program against the criteria for good practice advocated in various recent reports.  Their results are compared to some of the preliminary results from our Survey.

The National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS) National Doctoral Program Survey.  This survey collected data from current and former doctoral students to assess the extent to which programs employed the practices advocated in various recent reports.  This survey follows in the footsteps of the Phds.org survey.

Understanding for Improvement: Finances, Experiences and Achievements of Doctoral Students. Michael Nettles and Catherine Millett, University of Michigan.

Survey of Doctoral Recipients, National Science Foundation

Summary Report 1998.  Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities. National Opinion Research Center (1999). Survey of Earned Doctorates.