Being Bright Is Not Enough: The Unwritten Rules of Doctoral Study
The following excerpt is from the preface by the author....Looking back on my academic career, one of the memories that brings me the most pleasure is a message that students used to pass along to one another, "If you've a problem, just go see Peggy Hawley."My interest in students as individuals, and my interest in social science research in general, combined to provide the impetus for writing this book. Students inspired much of it; I interviewed hundreds of doctoral students (and many professors) on a sabbatical leave which gave me an opportunity to visit a wide variety of academic settings across the nation. Now as professor emeritus, I have finally found the time to put my thoughts into written form.Written from a student advocacy perspective, this book is intended to speak to non-traditional students as well as those typical of past generations. Because of the large influx of women into graduate study, I have become very conscious of pronouns; instead of the awkward "he or she," I have occasionally alternated masculine and feminine pronouns.In making the unwritten rules of doctoral study more explicit, I have attempted to be insightful rather than scientific, personal rather than objective, and practical rather than theoretical.--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.