By Barbara Fister. When I have students read the Society of Professional Journalists' Code of Ethics the discussion always starts with giggles and snorts. As if. Come on. Students can be enormously cynical about the news even if they rarely pick up a newspaper or tune into a broadcast. Read more...
Books (Still) in Print
By Barbara Fister. People have a lot of odd beliefs about books. Nobody reads books anymore – except they do, overwhelmingly. Well, maybe old folks still read books, but not kids – though actually kids are much more likely to read books than people over 65. Well, but that’s because they’re reading ebooks. Read more...
Memoirs ‘The Inventors’ and ‘Immortal for Quite Some Time’
By Oronte. Memoir: a word, fittingly, out of the Romance languages. Not only does the form go back to Montaigne and La Rochefoucald (and Caesar before them), but also the current American variety tends to feature affairs of the heart. Read more...
One Person, Many Places
By Shira Lurie. Living between two worlds as a grad student.
This is how I, and many other graduate students from other countries, live: we have two places we call home. Graduate school is hard; graduate school in an unfamiliar country, even harder. Read more...
Hidden Figures: Librarians
By Shira Lurie. A librarian explains why grad students should consult her colleagues more often.
Can you name at least one librarian at your college/university? When was the last time you frequented the library for purposes other than studying, writing group sessions, or to snag a caffeinated drink? Be honest… I won’t snitch. Read more...
Liberal Arts in a World Gone Mad
By Shira Lurie. Humanities programs have encountered decades of difficulty justifying a liberal arts degree to students and, often, their fee-paying parents. It is hard to compete with the attractive jobs being offered in fields like computer science and medical research. Indeed, the appeal of a clear career path - an engineering major becomes an engineer, for example - has risen in tandem with tuition costs. And now humanities scholars face yet another obstacle: the Trump era. Read more...
Stop and Research the Roses
By Emily Roberts. The start of 2017 means another semester is in the books for us GradHackers. We made it! But the break in action is fleeting; after catching our breath over a winter hiatus, we’ll resume our studies at full throttle, racing toward our goals and graduations. Other GradHackers have observed that graduate school is like a marathon, and we runners are trying to get it over with as quickly as possible despite the impossibly long route. Read more...
Appel à projets : CQP de la CPNE de vins, spiritueux et autres boissons alcoolisées
Le FAFSEA souhaite habiliter sur l’ensemble du territoire les organismes de formation qui mettront en œuvre les CQP ou blocs de compétences de :
- « Opérateur Qualifié en Conduite – maintenance des machines d’embouteillage – conditionnement »,
- « Agent spécialisé en travail de cave, de cuve et de chai »,
- « Opérateur logistique » ;
Date limite de réception des offres : le 21 février 2017 à 12 heures au plus tard.
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Should a Graduate Student Save for Retirement in a Roth IRA?
By Emily Roberts. For graduate students with sufficient stipends, investing during graduate school is a fantastic financial goal. Counterintuitively, the long-term goal of funding retirement should be the first or one of the first investing goals any individual has. Read more...
'Slippage' Problems, a Textbook Example
It’s very rare that fortunes change suddenly. Instead, issues accrue over time, like getting older and gaining weight. You don’t suddenly wake up one day twenty-five pounds heavier. Read more...