100 Reasons

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Monday, November 28, 2011

73. Perceptions trump reality.

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You really can build a career in academe by writing bogus nonsense (see Reason 35 ). You just have to persuade others to believe (or pretend...
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Monday, November 14, 2011

72. The humanities and social sciences are in trouble.

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Graduate students who receive funding from their universities are very fortunate (see Reason 17 ). To their universities, they are very expe...
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Monday, October 31, 2011

71. The tenure track is brutal.

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The more time that you sink into graduate school, the more invested you become in an academic career (see Reason 29 ), and the holy grail fo...
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Monday, October 17, 2011

70. It is unforgiving.

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There are a few exceptional individuals for whom graduate school is a breeze, but the vast majority of grad students are regular people. In ...
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Monday, October 3, 2011

69. It is lonely.

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In graduate school, you spend a great deal of time alone. Most academic work is the product of isolation. Studying, research, and writing ...
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Monday, September 19, 2011

68. It is stressful.

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Graduate school is stressful. Sometimes it is terribly stressful. Stress is virtually unavoidable in any kind of work, but there is a pecul...
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Monday, September 5, 2011

67. There is a star system.

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Academe is more like professional sports than most academics would like to admit, especially when it comes to money (yes, money). Just as th...
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Monday, August 15, 2011

66. “Why are you studying that?”

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When dealing with the “What are you going to do with that?” question, you at least know in your own mind what you hope to do, even if that i...
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