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Habits. Studying. School Finances. Essays. Graduate School in the Humanities: Just Don't Go - Advice. By Thomas H.
Benton Nearly six years ago, I wrote a column called "So You Want to Go to Grad School? " (The Chronicle, June 6, 2003). My purpose was to warn undergraduates away from pursuing Ph.D.'s in the humanities by telling them what I had learned about the academic labor system from personal observation and experience. It was a message many prospective graduate students were not getting from their professors, who were generally too eager to clone themselves. All these years later, I still get letters from undergraduates who stumble onto that column. The follow-up letters I receive from those prospective Ph.D.' Most undergraduates don't realize that there is a shrinking percentage of positions in the humanities that offer job security, benefits, and a livable salary (though it is generally much lower than salaries in other fields requiring as many years of training).
They are excited by some subject and believe they have a deep, sustainable interest in it. Thomas H. Courses - Certificate in Leadership - Centre for Open Learning and Educational Support, University of Guelph. The Certificate in Leadership courses provide you with an excellent grounding in leadership models, theories and research, and opportunities to apply this knowledge in real-world situations.
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With graduation season wrapping up, I’m remembering my post-college days in 2000, just after the “dot com” bubble burst and suddenly all those folks who flocked to Seattle and Silicon Valley were unemployed, fresh out of school and totally screwed. Ten years later, are things much different? This spring, I’ve gotten a number of emails essentially asking the same question: “I want to wait out the bad economy, do some traveling, but I’m a broke-ass college student… what should I do?”
If you want to spend your year after college traveling – but you have no money saved — here’s what I would do” 1. Defer your student loans, if you have them. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Don’t think this works? How to Travel the World for Free, Save Money and Make Friends.