The African American Student's Guide to Surviving Graduate School

by Alicia Isaac

Overview

What does it take to get into and through graduate school? What special challenges, opportunities and issues face an African-American graduate student? This book offers practical advice to help African-American students get the most of their graduate school experience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761903819
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/27/1998
Series:	Surviving Graduate School , #5
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Graduate School Is...
Making the Right Choice about Where To Go to Graduate School and Getting in with Money
Developing a Master Plan
Staying in the Game - with Robert Brandau
Know When to Leave the Party
A Handbook for Mastering the Moves
Selecting and Managing Your Major Professor and Advisory Committee
Getting Through the Thesis or Dissertation
Surviving the Defense
Looking Back and Moving Forward - With Donna Walter and L Denise Edwards
When Racism Rears Its Ugly Head

Editorial Reviews

Offers a refreshingly frank and upbeat discussion of the special challenges and issues faced by African American students in graduate programs. Covers choosing schools, financial aid, decisions about relationships and social life, creating a program of study, the dissertation process, and dealing with racism. Advice and discussion is peppered with case studies, anecdotes, quotations, checklists, and self-assessment scales. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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