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Graduate School in the Humanities: Just Don't Go - Advice

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).

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Why take notes in class? Organized notes will help you identify the core of important ideas in the lecture.A permanent record will help you to learn and remember later.The lecture may contain information not available anywhere else. This will be your only chance to learn it.Lecture is where you learn what your instructor thinks is important, and he makes up the exams.Class assignments are usually given in the lecture.The underlying organization and purpose of the lecture will become clear through note taking. BEFORE THE LECTURE BEGINS: Make some preparation for the lecture so that you will be more likely to predict the organization of the lecture.

CHECK THE COURSE OUTLINE to see if the lecturer has listed the topic or key ideas in the upcoming lecture. Collect notes for each course in one place, in a separate notebook or section of a notebook.Write notes on one side of the page only.Use a loose-leaf notebook rather than a notebook with a permanent binding. "Therefore....

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