A Handbook for Supporting Today's Graduate Students

by David J. Nguyen (Editor), Christina W. Yao (Editor), Ann E. Austin (Foreword by)

Overview

Despite continued growth in enrollments, graduate program attrition rates are of great concern to academic program coordinators. It is estimated that only 40 to 50 percent of students who begin Ph.D. programs complete their degrees. This book describes programs, initiatives, and interventions that lead to overall student retention and success.

Written for graduate school administrators, student affairs professionals, and faculty, this book offers ways to better support today’s graduate student population, addresses the needs of today’s changing student demography and considers the challenges today’s graduate students face inside and outside of the classroom. The opening section highlights the shifting demographics and contextual factors shaping graduate education over the past 20 years, while the second describes institutional practices to develop the requisite academic and professional development necessary to succeed in master’s and doctoral programs. In conclusion, the editors curate a conversation about different ways institutions can support graduate students beyond the classroom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781642670677
Publisher:	Stylus Publishing
Publication date:	05/11/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

David J. Nguyen is an assistant professor of higher education and student affairs at Ohio University.

Christina W. Yao is an assistant professor of higher education at the University of South Carolina.

Table of Contents

Foreword — Ann E. Austin

Introduction — David J. Nguyen and Christina W. Yao

Part One: Navigating Contexts and Identities
1) Trends in Graduate Education Participation Between 1998 and 2018 — David J. Nguyen
2) Moving Towards Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Support for Online Students — Christina W. Yao and Crystal Garcia
3) Mentoring Domestic and International Graduate Students of Color — Francena Turner, HyeJin (Tina) Yeo, and Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher
4) First Generation Graduate Students: Reducing Barriers with Support Mechanisms — Sonja Ardoin and Maria Erb
5) How Unique Ways of Knowing, Being, and Learning Contribute to Persistence Factors Among Underrepresented Graduate Students — Colin Ben and Jessica Solyom
6) Unveiling the Hidden Curriculum within Graduate Education — Chelsea Lyles, Natali Huggins, and Claire Robbins

Part Two: Addressing Academic and Professional Skill Development
7) Teaching Professional Development for Graduate Students — Lucas B. Hill
8) Fostering Unique Scholarly Voices: Developing Graduate Student Writing Skills — OiYan Poon, Josefina Carmona, Carmen Rivera, and Kim Nehls
9) Participating in Professional Associations — Kim Nehls
10) Engaging in International Opportunities — Meggan Madden and Jennifer Donaghue

Part Three: Supporting Graduate Students Beyond the Classroom
11) Considering Graduate Student Mental Health — Carmen M. McCallum, Sarah Kurz, Emily Boerman, and Allison Boone
12) Exploring the Role of Graduate Student Career Development in Higher Education: How Resources Evolved — Jake Livengood
13) Graduate Student Financial Considerations — Phillip Schumann, Salome Aluso, and David J. Nguyen
14) Engagement in Graduate Students Organizations and Programming — Matthew M. Couch and Kerry Hodak
15) Doing it All But Not All the Time: Shaping Work-Life Balance for Graduate Students — A. Emiko Blalock, Katy B. Mathuews, and Nichole Lor

Conclusion: New Directions for Supporting Graduate Students

Editor and Chapter Author Biographies

Index

Editorial Reviews

This book is timely and important because the experiences and education of today’s graduate students relate directly to the future of our country and the broader world—to the innovation, insight, creativity, health, collaborative skill, and imagination that graduates bring to the work that they will do for many decades, in education and across a wide range of other sectors."

From the Foreword - Ann E. Austin

This book is timely and important because the experiences and education of today’s graduate students relate directly to the future of our country and the broader world—to the innovation, insight, creativity, health, collaborative skill, and imagination that graduates bring to the work that they will do for many decades, in education and across a wide range of other sectors."

Ann E. Austin

From the Foreword

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