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More people than ever are going to graduate school to seek a PhD these days. When they get there, they discover a bewildering environment. The author offers an user-friendly map to this maze. Drawing on decades of experience in academia, he provides a comprehensive, empirically grounded practical guide to academic life.

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"A lot of academics are going to find in this book just what they need to stimulate their own thinking and assessment of their career, whatever stage they're in. Everyone who has worked in an academic position knows what these problems are, sort of, but a large number of professors and scholars refuse to think about them or to consider, calmly and with some reference to realities, what they should do about them. Behind the Academic Curtain will help them sort out what's important to them. It provides a humane perspective on the insoluble dilemmas that inform a scholarly life." -Howard S. Becker, author of Writing for Social Scientists"

Behind the Academic Curtain How to Find Success

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    A Paperback / softback by Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr.

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 23/09/2013
      ISBN13: 9780226066103, 978-0226066103
      ISBN10: 022606610X
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      Advice on education Higher education, tertiary education

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      Book Synopsis
      More people than ever are going to graduate school to seek a PhD these days. When they get there, they discover a bewildering environment. The author offers an user-friendly map to this maze. Drawing on decades of experience in academia, he provides a comprehensive, empirically grounded practical guide to academic life.

      Trade Review
      "A lot of academics are going to find in this book just what they need to stimulate their own thinking and assessment of their career, whatever stage they're in. Everyone who has worked in an academic position knows what these problems are, sort of, but a large number of professors and scholars refuse to think about them or to consider, calmly and with some reference to realities, what they should do about them. Behind the Academic Curtain will help them sort out what's important to them. It provides a humane perspective on the insoluble dilemmas that inform a scholarly life." -Howard S. Becker, author of Writing for Social Scientists"

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