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Book SynopsisWhat does it really take to get a job in academia?Do you want to go to graduate school? Then you're in good company: nearly 80,000 students will begin pursuing a PhD this year alone. But while almost all new PhD students say they want to work in academia, most are destined for something else. The hard truth is that half will quit or fail to get their degree, and most graduates will never find a full-time academic job. In Good Work If You Can Get It, Jason Brennan combines personal experience with the latest higher education research to help you understand what graduate school and the academy are really like. This candid, pull-no-punches book answers questions big and small, including Should I go to graduate schooland what will I do once I get there? How much does a PhD costand should I pay for one? What does it take to succeed in graduate school? What kinds of jobs are there after grad schooland who gets them? What happens to the people who never get full-time professorships? What d
Trade ReviewFew advice books come closer to presenting the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Don't just read this book. Become it.
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EconlibEconomist and strategist Jason Brennan delivers a data-driven, punchily practical guide to succeeding in academia, aimed at PhD students.
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NatureDon't let anyone you know apply to grad school without first encouraging them to read
Good Work If You Can Get It.
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James G. Martin Center for Academic RenewalAmerica has needed a book like this for a long time and bravo to Johns Hopkins University Press for publishing it.
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National ReviewGood Work If You Can Get It is a frank, realistic, and data-driven discussion of what it takes to succeed in academia. It's the kind of book every aspiring scholar should read.
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ForbesTable of ContentsIntroduction. Unpleasant Truths about the World's Best Job
Chapter One. Do You Really Want an Academic Job?
Chapter Two. Success in Graduate School Means Working to Get a Job
Chapter Three. How to Be Productive and Happy
Chapter Four. The Academic Market, Tenure, and the Job Market outside Academia
Conclusion. Exit Options
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
