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Graduate students spend many years in higher education.
But as a grad student, you're probably in the dark about educational functions that fall outside those of student or instructor. For those graduate students considering careers other than teaching, but wanting to stay involved in the university system for the myriad benefits it offers, this article investigates careers in university administration, research, and scholarly publishing. Administration For graduate students weighing their career options, remaining within a university setting is appealing. One potential career path is university administration. However, for graduate students, whose focus is either on learning or teaching, knowledge of the jobs that university administrators do, and the responsibilities these jobs encompass, falls somewhere on the scale from vague to non-existent.