Graduate & Professional School Channel

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About this Channel

• Welcome to the IMDiversity Graduate School Channel
  About this channel, what it offers, and how to suggest the most useful features to help your search

Recently Added

• Profiles in Public Service
  By Christine Omolino, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University
  Many college students aspire to a career where they can make a difference in the lives of others and effect real change in the world
• Back to School... at 47
  By Patty Talahongva, IMDiversity Native American Village Contributor
  And for Gary Tahmahkera, Comanche Indian who put his pre-med dreams on hold, it's just a beginning
• Escape Route: Seeking Refuge in an M.B.A. Program
  By Anjali Athavaley, CareerJournal
  Business is bad on Wall Street, and business schools across the country are bracing for the impact: A surge in applications this year to their full-time M.B.A. programs.
• M.B.A.s Increasingly Skipping On-Campus Recruiting
  By Samar Srivastava, CareerJournal
  Across top-tier U.S. business schools, a small but growing number of students are skipping traditional winter on-campus recruitment and its seemingly surefire jobs. Instead, they are logging long hours conducting their own searches and networking furiously to get onto the career path they want, say career-services officials.
• Who Will Teach Tomorrow's M.B.A.s?
  By Ronald Alsop, CareerJournal
  Business schools face a shortage of Ph.D.s in accounting, finance and management as they try to replace professors who are retiring or moving into corporate and consulting jobs
• Learn While You Earn
  By Deborah Steinborn and Beth Gardiner, CareerJournal
  Global companies increasingly teaming up with business schools for custom M.B.A.s here and abroad.
• Helping M.B.A.s Promote Peace
  By Rhea Wessel, Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
  Don't laugh: Notre Dame's Carolyn Woo and deans at several other business schools believe they can and should go beyond ethics and social responsibility to teach the role of business in achieving and destabilizing world peace
• Making a Difference as a Public Affairs and Policy Professional
  By Jose Ochoa, Princeton University, and Christine Omolino, Syracuse University
  From policy analysis to international affairs to public services management, professional degrees exist for those who want to do well and do good, say two admissions experts
• An M.B.A. Student Asks: Where Are the Women?
  By Emily Harrold, WSJ
  If nearly half of all privately-held firms are at least 50% owned by a woman or women, why do they make up on average 29% of enrolled F/T students in the top 20 M.B.A. programs?
• U.S. Universities Face Turbulent Times Ahead
  By June Kronholz, WSJ
  All across campus, changes are coming for students, faculty, administrators and parents alike
• Admissions Coaches Become More Popular
  By Eileen Gunn, WSJ/College Journal
  Admissions consulting for business school applications has become a service that's as popular as it is controversial and expensive
• "Earn a law degree while surfing the Web": No, really.
  By Jessica Mintz, Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
  Online education business, legitimacy expand as popularity grows among mid-career professionals seeking to open new doors
• Career Insights: Employment Options in Business, Government and Not-for-Profit Organizations for Master's and PhD candidates
  By Virginia Steinmetz, Ph.D., Duke University Career Center
  "Not all graduate students are larval professors.." nor should they be. It's important to keep in mind that there is life - and great opportunity - outside of the university.
• College Attendance and the Texas Top 10 Percent Law: Permanent Contagion or Transitory Promise?
  From WWS News, Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School
  Results of Princeton study highlight "stark differences by race, ethnicity, rank in class, and economic advantage" that affect college aspirations and actual enrollment in an institution of higher education

Choosing and Preparing for Graduate Study

• Graduate School: A Necessary Step for Your Future Success
  By Dr. Derek Rovaris Sr., Xavier University
  Why go to graduate school? What does graduate school entail? How do I apply? When should I get started and what else do I need to know?
• When and How I Chose a Graduate School
  By Brandon D. Edwards, University of Missouri-Columbia
  Graduate school was not originally in my plans, but with a mentor's help, I determined to -- and learned how to -- apply for a higher degree
• Underrepresented Students Aided in Quest for Advanced Degrees
  The Herald, Arcadia University
  Initiative helps first-generation college students build skills, develop academic interests, en route to a more diverse professorate
• GEM: The Power of Partnership
  By Leigh Hayden
  About the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Sciences
• Graduate School Preparation and Survival Resources
  Books, testing guides, funding reference, and other titles of interest
• Chart: What's the Right Degree-Level for My Career Goals?
  From the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook
  Chart of the projected education levels for the fastest growing occupations and largest-growth occupations employment through 2012

Field Focus

• Career Insights: Employment Options in Business, Government and Not-for-Profit Organizations for Master's and PhD candidates
  By Virginia Steinmetz, Ph.D., Duke University Career Center
  "Not all graduate students are larval professors..." nor should they be. It's important to keep in mind that there is life - and great opportunity - outside of the university.
• Career Insights: Timetable and checklist for the academic job search
  By Virginia Steinmetz, Ph.D., Duke University Career Center
  If you think you are interested in pursuing an academic career, your active preparation should begin well before graduation.  Here's a checklist that can help keep you moving through the right steps during your studies.
• New Degree Combines Business and Science
  By Nishad H. Majmudar, Wall Street Journal
  Though criticized by some traditional institutions, a professional science master's may offer business-savvy alternative to PhD
• Librarianship: A Career as Diverse as You Are
  By Carla D. Hayden, President, American Library Association
  Plus, scholarship opportunities for getting your MA in Library Studies and related fields
• So, You Want to Be a Doctor?
  By Calvin Bruce, IMDiversity Contributor
  They enjoy lucrative incomes, comfortable lifestyles, and prominent reputations in their communities, but getting there's not easy.
• The PhD Project: People, Power, Results
  By Lisa King, The PhD Project
  Project looks to raise profiles of African Americans, Hispanics, or Native Americans at the front of the classroom
• The MBA: An Opportunity for Change
  By P.A. Patterson
  The MBA can help people transform careers, earn a higher salary, move up in current companies, change professions, or learn skills to start their own businesses

Campus Life & Diversity

• How to Succeed in Graduate School
  By Dr. Derek Rovaris Sr., Xavier University
  Life as a graduate study isn't entirely about living the "life of the mind".  Some tips about the political, social and personal aspects of graduate student life.
• Race on Campus
  By David Pego, IMDiversity Contributing Editor
  Returning after a 30-year absence to finally finish his degree, the author is writing a series for the campus newspaper about what it is like to be a student of color in a university setting where there is little diversity
• College Attendance and the Texas Top 10 Percent Law: Permanent Contagion or Transitory Promise?
  From WWS News, Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School
  Results of Princeton study highlight "stark differences by race, ethnicity, rank in class, and economic advantage" that affect young people's college aspirations and ultimately their actual enrollment in institutions of higher education