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Some may, but I haven't seen any here sadly. Mac that was rude and very unprofessional..

A couple points, I have heard Vandy is very generous with funding. After carefully analyzing the CVs of higher ed faculty at the top 10-12 programs... I find Vanderbilt is pretty good for those wanting to stay in academia. That's a subjective opinion, but I did this "search" a while ago. I use to have an excel sheet that literally calculated the year faculty member got their degree(s) and where they went, but I apparently deleted it. The thing with higher ed(may or may not be true with other ed professions) is Stanford and Harvard do their own thing. Rankings aside, you'll find PLENTY of Stanford/Harvard PhDs serving on faculties at Vanderbilt and elsewhere. They're GREAT programs that may or may not be more difficult to get into than the higher ranked programs like Michigan, UGA, MSU, Vandy etc. (I don't have acceptance rates, so I can't say.) The rankings may be for doctoral programs, but this isn't undergrad. The reputation will likely carry on to masters as well. The one thing you need to be on the look out for is programs who use their masters cohort as a money maker. Faculty may focus more on the PhD students not because the MAs are no good, but because the PhD students are PhD students. I have actually heard from a higher ed faculty member that attending S or H or Penn over (insert really great state school with a higher ranked higher ed program here) will actually broaden your net of opportunities. That being said, Harvard. (Note, I'm applying to Harvard and Vanderbilt. Given the information I see here, I say Harvard.) That being said also, go wherever you pay least. Higher ed degrees, by on large, have a low ROI.

I'll be POLS! Next year! Congrats all future Cardinals

zero dollars. If you're paying for grad school, you're doing it wrong.

For those of you who are familiar with the Association of American Universities and the Association for Public-Land Grant Universities, which one do you think is more influential in advocating pro-education and pro-science policies? I'm hoping someone here will know.

For those of you who are familiar with the Association of American Universities and the Association for Public-Land Grant Universities, which one do you think is more influential in advocating pro-education and pro-science policies? I'm hoping someone here will know.

Nope. But shout out from ATL to ATL!

Agreed

You applied for SHIPS PhD and got a rejection with a "considered for the Master's program" option?

Umm you're getting a comparative literature degree? Some humanists.... brace yourselves..

In my case, I have several(8) newspaper/radio/TV mentions. Some are relevant to my research/academic work and others are related to my student leadership. I think I'll include it. I'm an undergrad, stuff like that might be somewhat impressive imo. And yes, I'm a firm believer in being a researcher for the people. Then again... I am in the field of higher education/higher ed policy. Only makes sense to display that desire if not skill. You can't have much social sciences without the social. Thanks for the replies.

Can someone reply?

Great insight everyone, Keep posting! It's very interesting to me. I love history, but the humanities is one area of the university that i'm not familiar with. With budget issues of budget cuts many programs are looking to cut back on the humanities. UNC is one of the crunch systems. It's interesting. What are the possible career paths for a religion student apart from faculty?

Hi all, I am not an applicant in this field. I am wondering if there are any good religion programs housed within public universities and if these universities offer funding? I would think public universities be more limited in religious studies do to their public status, not to mention budgets. I'm interested in knowing how some of the humanist of humanities like philosophy and religion fare in public Us Thoughts? On a side note, which programs are considered top for this field? What do professors of religion do to "publish"? What are the Brookings Institute(Political Science), Lumina Foundation(Education), NIH(health med), NSF(STEM) and similar granting foundations for this field? Are there grants to be won at all? I'm an applicant in higher education, so naturally, I'm interested in studying the academy as a whole..from physics to philosophy!

I'll always use Gradcafe to learn about students in other programs easily and for free(conferences cost $)

If it was my university, alma mater, community, state, nation - whatever - I would MUCH rather prefer to see history evolve rather than to see it fade with the ages. No idea can be called a bad idea unless one can come up with an alternative.

Thought provoking essay from the Chronicle about popularizing a dual degree within history. I like this idea, although I'm not a history student, I love history. It makes me sad that history is fading from relevancy in society and in the academy. It seems like an excellent idea for anyone wanting to go into history. For example, the essay notes of a history PhD student who is also getting a masters in public health. In my field(higher ed and higher ed policy), I can easily see how utilizing history would help address some of the questions in our field. Thoughts? http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/144245/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

Has anyone heard about this? A pretty famous documentarian named Frederick Wiseman did a 224 minute documentary on life at UC-Berkeley. It came up in one of my classes today. It came out in 2013, seems pretty interested. Especially for those of us interested in the sociology of higher education or those pursuing a PhD http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3091552/ Haven't seen it, but I really want to..it sounds very interesting.

Hello all, I will be running an intensive Q&A series for a student newspaper I'm a part of(100 Q&As in one year). I'll be focusing on people related to higher education policy, politics, economics and administration. Does anyone have a set of videos from a reputable source or school that I can view to get the interviewing 101? I can't help to think that I'm missing out on key formalities. My first interviewee was a journalism major, and I kept wondering if I was doing something wrong. Any tips or advice would be great. A little bit on my procedure. I don't know if it's right or wrong, effective or not, ethical or unethical..it's just what I do. 1. I send whoever an email asking for an interview if they're local or a phone interview if they're not. 2. I try to address the fact that I'm WITH a newspaper and not just a lone student. 3. I tell them I'm recording the conversation which I later transcribe verbatim and then edit(fluff, not content..the editors do that) 4. I phrase questions as "we" or "our" because I feel as though it softens the process, and makes people say what they truly feel. For example, "The university has been very involved in economic development. What your office do to bolster this?" vs "We have been very involved in economic development. Tell us about what your office does to bolster this?" 5. I usually record on my phone..not sure if I should just buy a recorder.. 6. I dress like a student(khakis and decent shirt), I can't dress up for the interview because of the scheduling and volume of Q&As I have set for myself. 7. I'm good with people skills. I maintain eye contact. I try to keep quiet and not nod my head(bias). I try not to shuffle around, I'm polite. Full disclaimer: I'm a political science/biology major with ZERO experience in journalism of any kind. The first time I wrote an article was last week. HELP!

Do you list on your CV instances where you were mentioned in some sort of form of press for the work you've done(i.e. something that's on your CV, not you saving a tree or getting on the jumbo-tron at the ball game)? It can be research, involvement, service - whatever - as long as it's relevant or listed somewhere else your CV. Do you list authored work that isn't in an academic setting? i.e writing (relevant) articles in a student newspaper, penning an article in a local or state-wide newspaper NOT blogs or tumblrs. Please list your field! I'm in quite a bind here..

You take pre-workout pills? I'm not for pre-workout, but usually you take it in liquid form. I'm not sure, I've never taken the caffeine pills. The green tea extract pills definitely make a change. The green tea pills I take have 16 mg of caff in one or two pill..don't remember the serving size. I usually take 3 in the morning along with my fish oils and head out the door. Eria, true. Whenever I go out for coffee with people I usually get a non-caff drink or something. I like the social aspect too. I like the taste as well, but it's simply easier to take pills over mugs of tea/coffee.

On a similar topic, who reuses jeans, shirts or pants? I usually give my khakis a couple days of use. Same goes for jeans.

Since mod decided my previous thread was spam... New thread. Do you use green tea extract pills or caffeine pills instead of drinking tea or coffee? I use them, and it's been great. You don't waste precious time in the morning brewing coffee or making some tea. You don't waste money on tea or coffee makers(in my case, space too..small kitchen). You don't need to wait for your morning picker-upper to cool before you drink. It's portable. It's clean. You don't stain your teeth if you're a heavy coffee drinker. Not to say I NEVER drink coffee or tea, but the pills have certainly replaced the mug. Some people I know use caffeine pills. Thoughts? A study showed that drinking 2 cups of expresso a day may actually increase long-term memory. http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/nn.3623/metrics/news Thoughts?

Another random question, Do you give your socks more than one day's use? I sometimes reuse socks. I hate doing laundry, and if I'm staying home for the day, I'll probably reuse them. If they don't smell they're ok. I don't reuse past three days. How many pairs of socks do you have? I have maybe 10.

Well, Guess I'm dumb. This is rather unfortunate.