Manoah Finston writes about what differentiates doctoral students from industry-aligned master’s students on the job market, and suggests some recommendations for how university career-counseling centers and home departments might better approach these students’ distinct needs.
Tara Coleman suggests that if we forge our own alt-ac paths by creating opportunities rather than waiting for them, we might actually end up doing the thing we really want to do.
“Treat the PhD as a professional project”: adhere to strict deadlines, “implement procedural and productive managerial skills,” find a way to make your scholarship unique and about something you love, and adapt a fluid mind-set.
By Katie Rose Guest Pryal
“Your job, starting today, is to value what you’re worth. What you’re really worth. You need to do some research. (You know how to do research? I bet you know how to do research.)”
Tammy Bjelland owns Shenandoah Valley Language Services, a business that provides language education consulting and instruction to organizations around the world. She is the host of the Business of Language Podcast and blogs about linguapreneurship at www.tammybjelland.com
ASU’s plan for the Mellon/MLA Connected Academics project offers an ambitious set of innovations to traditional graduate training in languages and literature. It augments…