By DeWitt Scott. Many graduate programs in higher education, whether at the master’s or doctoral level, teach students to become better thinkers, scholars, and experts on particular theories and ideologies within a given discipline. Read more...

By Patrick Bigsby. Graduate students lead busy academic lives, doing things like performing original research and negotiating contracts. Graduate students also lead busy personal lives, doing things like getting married and renting apartments. Despite their professional status, most graduate students have yet to start to earn professional salaries and, consequently, are left with few options when leases go south, patents are in dispute, and other legal problems arise. Read more...

By Heather VanMouwerik. Every book we read, every source we mine, and every number we collect has a history, has a life that precedes us and will continue long after we are gone. It is easy to forget this when we are frantically collecting materials for our dissertation. Read more...