I’ve warned my graduating bachelor and terminal masters students that for those who are entering the workforce for the first time, their first job hunt will be the hardest. This isn’t much comfort when you’re in the middle of it, but I tell them to keep in mind that it should never be this hard […]
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Self Plagarism
A while back, on the same day as a court ruling on the Steven G. Salaita case, the UIUC chancellor, Phyllis Wise resigned. She was embarrassed by being caught in a self-plagiarism case. Most graduate students are well aware of plagiarism, copying someone else’s work without citing it, but self-plagiarism can be confusing. How do you copy from yourself? […]
Flavors Of Graduate Degrees
Often times people talk about graduate school and assume that it’s the same for everyone everywhere. I’m as guilty of this as anyone, as I usually assume a STEM subject and a thesis-based Masters degree followed by a Ph.D. when I refer to graduate school. In this post, I want to identify a few of […]