100 Reasons

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Friday, October 29, 2010

26. Some graduate students are more equal than others.

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If the salary list in Reason 23 hasn’t already convinced you that there is nothing egalitarian about universities, you should be aware that...
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

25. Academe is built on pride.

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A cynic might say that while most of the Western world runs on greed, academe runs on pride. And at least according to the Biblical narrativ...
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Saturday, October 23, 2010

24. “You are still in school?”

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As you age, your relatives and family friends will begin to marvel at the fact that you are still a student. After spending so much time in ...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

23. There is a pecking order.

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Just as there is an academic hierarchy among universities (see Reason 3 ), there is an academic hierarchy within universities. Some departme...
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Sunday, October 17, 2010

22. The liberal arts do not attract investment.

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Research institutions are increasingly dependent on professional begging. In part, this involves hiring development officers whose job it is...
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Thursday, October 14, 2010

21. Graduate seminars can be unbearable.

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Imagine sitting with a group of classmates and a professor around a table. Each of you has read a different book about a given topic, and yo...
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Monday, October 11, 2010

20. Few ideas are exchanged.

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Perhaps the single greatest disappointment for new graduate students is the realization of how little graduate school resembles a community ...
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Friday, October 8, 2010

19. These are the best years of your life.

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Whether or not your young adulthood does in fact turn out to be the best part of your life by one measure or another, these probably are the...
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