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Internet Sites of General Interest | Families and Academic Careers: Balancing Demands
Attrition in PhD Programs | Careers in Research, Science, and Teaching
Internet Sites of General Interest
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
This Web site provides a variety of information about teaching in higher education.
From the Web site: The foundation is a major national and international center for research and policy studies about teaching. Its mission is to address the hardest problems faced in teaching in public school, college and universities – that is, how to succeed in the classroom, how best to achieve lasting student learning, and how to assess the impact of teaching on students.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Articles in The Chronicle are focused on many topics of interest to doctoral students and faculty. The archives can be easily searched for previously published articles of interest. In addition, the classified ads are a source of current open academic positions.
From The Chronicle Web site: The Chronicle is published weekly and read by more than 450,000 college and university administrators and faculty members. The Chronicle of Higher Education is the academic world’s No. 1 source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators.
American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
The AAUP Web site provides a wealth of information on higher education and academic careers, including salary information, balancing family and academic work, women in higher education.
From the AAUP Web site: AAUP’s purpose is to advance academic freedom and shared governance, to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education, and to ensure higher education’s contribution to the common good.
Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CAPCSD)
The Council sponsors an annual meeting and published Proceedings from the meeting. The Proceedings archive the presentations from the meeting. View the Proceedings from the CAPCSD home page. Of particular interest to doctoral students and those thinking about entering a doctoral program: See from the 2003 Proceedings: Issue 1: Shortening the Shortage of PhD Students and Faculty, and a paper presented by Ed Conture, Ph.D., Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Style, and the Mentor-Mentee Relationship. Form the 2002 Proceedings, Issue II: The PhD Shortage in Communication Sciences and Disorders. From the 1997 Proceedings, a paper presented by Ray Kent, Ph.D., The Glories of Being a Professor, and from the 1998 Proceedings, a paper by Kim Wilcox, Ph.D., Replacing the Professorate: Perspectives on a Doctoral Program.
Survey on Doctoral Education and Career Preparation
Although doctoral students in CSD were not included in the survey described below, the comments and findings are nevertheless applicable to CSD. Doctoral students and potential doctoral students may find the comments of doctoral students in psychology to be of most interest. On this Web site, you will find the report as well as a section "Advice for Prospective Doctoral Students."
From the Web site: The Survey on Doctoral Education and Career Preparation is a national survey of doctoral students intended to provide a snapshot picture of their experience and goals. Over 4,000 students completed the 20-page survey. These students were from 27 selected universities, one cross-institutional program (The Compact for Faculty Diversity), and represented 11 arts and sciences disciplines.
Preparing Future Faculty
Many universities sponsor The Preparing Future Faculty Program or something similar, to assist in the preparation of graduate students for careers in research and academe. The activities of Preparing Future Faculty Program [PDF, 3.9MB] are described on their Web site.
From the Web site: The Preparing Future Faculty Program (PFF) is both a configuration of ideas and a national initiative involving 43 doctoral degree-granting institutions and more than 295 "partner" institutions. Built in the spirit of partnership and cooperation, the PFF program transforms the way aspiring faculty members are prepared for their careers, moving toward an education that is informed by the kinds of responsibilities faculty members actually have in a variety of institutional types.
National Opinion Research Council (NORC)
NORC conducts annual surveys for the NSF and the NIH of doctoral recipients. Connect to this Web site for access to the most recent report, Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report 2002.
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Families and Academic Careers: Balancing Demands
A subscription to The Chronicle of Higher Education is required in order to access the articles listed below.
How Babies Alter Careers for Academics (Robin Wilson, Chronicle of Higher Education, 12-5-03).
An Academic Life Out of Sync (Ellen Ostrow, Chronicle of Higher Education, 8-3-03).
The Facts of Life for an Administrator and a Mother (Laura E. Skandera Trombley, Chronicle of Higher Education, 9-5-03).
Babies, Mothers, and Academic Careers, Colloquy Live (The Chronicle of Higher Education, 12-5-03); Guest: Mary Ann Mason, Dean, Graduate Division, University of California at Berkeley, Author of Do Babies Matter: The effect of family formation on the lifelong careers of academic men and women.
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Attrition in PhD Programs
Doctor Dropout (Scott Smallwood, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 01-16-2003).
Leaving the Ph.D. Behind, Colloquy Live, The Chronicle of Higher Education (1-15-2004); Guest: Christine Gold, Senior Scholar, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Director, Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate.
Careers in Research, Science, and Teaching
Swallowing the Wolf (Scott Smallwood, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1-16-2004).
Women are Underrepresented in Sciences at Top Research Universities, Study Finds (Robin Wilson, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1-16-2004).
American Women Surpass Men in Earning Doctorates (Scott Smallwood, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 12-12-2003).
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