Behind the Academic Curtain: How to Find Success and Happiness with a PhD

by Frank F. Furstenberg

Book Overview

More people than ever are going to graduate school to seek a PhD these days. When they get there, they discover a bewildering environment: a rapid immersion in their discipline, a keen competition for resources, and uncertain options for their future, whether inside or outside of academia. Life with a PhD can begin to resemble an unsolvable maze. In Behind the Academic Curtain, Frank F. Furstenberg offers a clear and user-friendly map to this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022606610X
• ISBN13: 9780226066103
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"