Rooted in the Soil: The Social Experiences of Black Graduate Students at a Southern Research University

2009 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juanita Johnson-Bailey ◽  
Thomas Valentine ◽  
Ronald M. Cervero ◽  
Tuere A. Bowles
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Research University ◽  
Social Experiences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Black Graduate Students

scholarly journals Rooted in the Soil: The Social Experiences of Black Graduate Students at a Southern Research University

2009 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juanita Johnson-Bailey ◽  
Thomas Valentine ◽  
Ronald M. Cervero ◽  
Tuere A. Bowles
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Research University ◽  
Social Experiences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Black Graduate Students

scholarly journals The Broad Value of a PhD in Political Science

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (04) ◽  
pp. 812-814
Author(s):  
Michael H. Murakami
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Research University ◽  
Professional Life ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Global Workforce ◽  
The Social

Today I am a researcher at Google and one of a handful of employees, out of a global workforce of more than 30,000, the with a PhD in political science. But less than two years ago, I was a tenure track professor of political science at a research university and could barely have imagined the unusual path my professional life would take. That path has been incredibly rewarding, as well as instructive both of the broad value a PhD in political science (and the social sciences more generally) and of the growing role for quantitative research outside of the academy. I recount much of that path below, with the hope that it might prove useful for those graduate students, post-docs, and professors who might be inclined to apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired in unconventional professional paths of their own.

scholarly journals Electronic Journal Usage at Ohio State University

2001 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally A. Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Research University ◽  
Statistical Correlation ◽  
Ohio State University ◽  
Electronic Journal ◽  
State University ◽  
Frequent Users ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Frequency Of Use ◽  
Large Research

E-journal, printed journal, and database usage data from campus polls conducted annually, 1998–2000, at one large research university show increased use of e-journals and decreased use of printed journals by faculty and graduate students as the number of available e-journals increased from two hundred to more than three thousand. Little or no statistical correlation between age and frequency of use was found. The majority of frequent users of all three types of resources were from departments in the sciences. Transcripts from the 1998 poll provided insights into attitudes toward replacing printed journals with e-journals. The advantages and disadvantages mentioned were consistent with previous studies.

The Instrumental University

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ethan Schrum
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Research University ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Procedural Rationality ◽  
Academic Leaders ◽  
Postwar America ◽  
Clark Kerr ◽  
The Social ◽  
Managerial Knowledge

This book argues that Clark Kerr, Gaylord P. Harnwell, and other post-World War II academic leaders set the American research university on a new course by creating the instrumental university. With its emphasis on procedural rationality, organized research, and project-based funding by external patrons, the instrumental university would provide technical and managerial knowledge to shape the social order. Its leaders hoped that by solving the nation’s pressing social problems, the research university would become the essential institution of postwar America. On this view, the university’s leading purposes included promoting economic development and coordinating research from many fields in order to attack social problems. Reorienting institutions to prioritize these activities had numerous consequences. One was to inject more capitalistic and managerial tendencies into universities. Today, those who decry universities’ corporatizing and market-driven tendencies often trace them to the rise of neoliberalism in the 1970s. This book suggests that a fuller explanation of these tendencies must highlight their deeper roots in the technocratic progressive tradition that originated in the 1910s, particularly the organizational changes within universities that this tradition spawned from the 1940s onward as part of the instrumental university.

Reading routines: strategies of recall in graduate education

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Alan Fine ◽  
Hannah Wohl ◽  
Simone Ispa-Landa
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Graduate Training ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Note Taking ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social

Purpose This study aims to explore how graduate students in the social sciences develop reading and note-taking routines. Design/methodology/approach Using a professional socialization framework drawing on grounded theory, this study draws on a snowball sample of 36 graduate students in the social sciences at US universities. Qualitative interviews were conducted to learn about graduate students’ reading and note-taking techniques. Findings This study uncovered how doctoral students experienced the shift from undergraduate to graduate training. Graduate school requires students to adopt new modes of reading and note-taking. However, students lacked explicit mentorship in these skills. Once they realized that the goal was to enter an academic conversation to produce knowledge, they developed new reading and note-taking routines by soliciting and implementing suggestions from advanced doctoral students and faculty mentors. Research limitations/implications The specific requirements of the individual graduate program shape students’ goals for reading and note-taking. Further examination of the relationship between graduate students’ reading and note-taking and institutional requirements is warranted with a larger sample of universities, including non-American institutions. Practical implications Graduate students benefit from explicit mentoring in reading and note-taking skills from doctoral faculty and advanced graduate students. Originality/value This study uncovers the perspectives of graduate students in the social sciences as they transition from undergraduate coursework in a doctoral program of study. This empirical, interview-based research highlights the centrality of reading and note-taking in doctoral studies.

Experiencing Misgendered Pronouns: A Classroom Activity to Encourage Empathy

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica MacNamara ◽  
Sarah Glann ◽  
Paul Durlak
Keyword(s):  
Research University ◽  
Discussion Board ◽  
Social Boundaries ◽  
Class Discussion ◽  
Transgender People ◽  
Gender Nonconforming ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Large Research

How can teachers help students understand the importance of gender pronouns for transgender and gender-nonconforming people? This article presents a gender pronoun reversal activity that simulates the experience of being verbally misgendered. Students followed up on the activity by posting reflections on an online class discussion board. The activity promoted empathy among cisgender students for transgender people and reflexivity regarding the social boundaries of gender identity. Empathy and reflexivity were common responses among students enrolled in Sociology of Diversity and Sociology of Gender at a large research university in the northeast. We present the activity, including preparation and follow-up along with an analysis of student responses.

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