Graduate Student Resources
Web Links
Piled Higher and Deeper comic strip about the PhD experience (talk by Jorge Cham, creator of PhD Comics, at MIT May '08)
http://web.mit.edu/career/www/graduate/cham.html
GSO links on Finishing the PhD – or not
http://web.mit.edu/gso/advising/resources.html#finishingThePhD
MIT student leadership development programs and initiatives database (searchable by degree level)
http://studentleader.mit.edu
Practical Career Strategies for PhDs and Postdocs, by Peter Fiske
http://web.mit.edu/career/www/graduate/fiske.html
See database on funding for research, travel, etc. http://web.mit.edu/cis/dbsearch.html (Search under Eligibility, "pre-doctoral" - You can search under Grant Name, e.g., "Fulbright")
Thriving Through The Experience: An Assesment Guide For Graduate And Professional Students - Linked with permission of Prof. Wendy Crone, U. of Wisconsin, this website offers valuable advice on setting and achieving goals from graduate school through professional life.
How to Be a Good Graduate Student - This article covers choosing a graduate program through writing the thesis, and links to some resources especially for women.
"Succeeding in Graduate School" - See many related links from PhDs.Org
A guide to surviving a computer science graduate program by Ronald T. Azuma
http://stuff.mit.edu/people/shcho/www/misc/hitch4.htm
Mentornet - MentorNet is an e-mentoring network that addresses the retention and success of women in engineering, science, and mathematics. MentorNet provides highly motivated proteges from MIT with positive, one-on-one, email-based mentoring relationships with mentors from industry and academia.
MIT Career Advisors - "Register" for an Infinite Connection at http://alum.mit.edu. Search the online Alumni Directory for "Careers Advisors" under the Work tab. You can search by course, degree, state, career field, function, and more. The MIT Career Advisors are alumni who volunteered to give advice about their field of company. Also see https://alum.mit.edu/cs/ican/resources.html#benefits for suggestions on networking, informational interviews.
Tomorrow's Professor website includes articles about graduate school, research, higher education, and academia. (see "Tomorrow's Graduate Students and Postdocs" and "Tomorrow's Research.")
See also Richard Reis' academic career column from The Chronicle of Higher Education (which includes articles on topics such as "Getting Published as a Graduate Student in the Sciences")
The Survey on Doctoral Education and Career Preparation (conducted in 1999) is a national survey of doctoral students intended to provide a snapshot picture of their experiences and goals. Over 4,000 students completed the 20-page survey. The summary report on this survey includes Questions to Ask When Thinking about Pursuing a Ph.D. Advice from doctoral students in specific fields.
Website on the stages of pursuing a doctorate, from the initial decision to enter a doctoral program through selecting a research topic and writing a thesis.
More advice for graduate students about everything from surviving in grad school to writing, research and presentations.
Careers in Science and Engineering: A Student Planning Guide to Grad School and Beyond, published by The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine, offers advice to young scientists and engineers about opportunities that shift their careers onto new and unexpected paths, as well as "traditional" ones.
Explore the many links on PhDs.org Science, Math and Engineering Resources for Graduate School. Includes ranked links for choosing a graduate program, graduate school survival, and many related topics.
Ph.D. Resources was released by the Re-envisioning the Ph.D. project (funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts). The web site includes resources for doctoral students on obtaining the Ph.D. and features topics on surviving graduate school, choosing a committee member, preparing for comprehensive exams, teaching, research, publishing, writing CVs and resumes, jobs, funding, and more.
Bibliography
Lazarus, Barbara B., Ritter, Lisa M., and Ambrose, Susan A. The Woman's Guide to Navigating the Ph.D. in Engineering & Science, New York: IEEE Press, 2001. (Barker Library - Stacks, TA157.L385 2001. Humanities Library - Women's Studies Reading Room, TA157.L385 2001)
Peters, Robert L. Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning a Master's or a Ph.D. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1992. (Humanities Library, call number LB2371.4.P48, 1992)
Last updated on Monday, March 24, 08 at 12:19:25 PM EDT.
