References on Success and Survival in Graduate School

General References

• The Graduate Game Plan, from the Graduate School at the University of British Columbia, authored by Gradmentor Scott Kerlin
• {NEW} Where Graduate Enrollments are Booming (Nov. 2021), by Audrey Williams June and Brian O’Leary, from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• {NEW} How to Begin Fixing Workplace Culture for Graduate Students (Oct. 2021), by Leonard Cassuto, from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• How Has the Pandemic Affected Graduate Students? This Study Has Answers (2020), from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Why we need a Yelp for Doctoral Programs (2019, December) by Leonard Cassuto, from the Chronicle of Higher Education
•  How Mindfulness Helps Graduate Students (2019), from Inside Higher Ed
•  On Grad Strategy: Planning Graduate Student Development with Intentionality, by Brady Krien (2019), from Inside Higher Ed Grad Hacker blog
•  Here’s What Admissions Committees are Really Looking For in Graduate Studies (2018) by TJ Murphy, from his blog GradSchoolMatch
• Want to Get Into Grad School? Focus More on your Application, Less on your Numbers (2018) by TJ Murphy, from GradSchoolMatch
• Undergraduates Aren’t Sure about Postgraduate Study. These Factors Encourage them to Apply, by Lindsay Ellis, published October 2018 in the Chronicle of Higher Education
• The GradSchool Match
  Founded by an Emory University professor, this site provides comprehensive guidance on selecting the right graduate program and university. Notable for its frequently-updated blog
• Seven Steps to Finding the Right Graduate School Advisor or Mentor
  A guide from the American Psychological Association by Laura Zimmerman, Ph.D.
• How to Obtain the Mentoring You Need: A Guide for Graduate Students
  An online resource with all the essential questions for further investigation, from the University of Washington Graduate School
• {NEW} Graduate Students Need to Think More about Time (2019), by James M. Van Wyck, from InsideHigherEd
• Achieving Excellence in Graduate Research: A Guide for New Graduate Students
  A guide by Charles B. Parker and colleagues published in the open-access academic journal Advanced Science in 2015
• {NEW} PhD Student Burnout: Why do PhDs Get Burnout and What to do About it, video by Research Professor David Maslach
• {NEW} I’ve Had it with my PhD!: Changing Your Life During Graduate School, video by Professor David Maslach
• {NEW} Losing Hope During your PhD: Finding Motivation to Do Your Research, video by Professor David Maslach
• The Graduate Adviser: A Monthly Column Exploring the Ins and Outs of Doctoral Study 
  From the Chronicle of Higher Education, authored by Leonard Cassuto
• The Overlooked Lesson of the Ronell-Reitman Case
  Essential reading from the Chronicle of Higher Education: A story of strained relations between doctoral advisor and doctoral student–and its consequences (2018)
• Debriefing the Ph.D. Journey by Deidre Faye Jackson, A reflective essay by a recent Ph.D. recipient (summer 2018)
• How to Fire Your Doctoral Adviser: Sometimes the Only Way Forward is to Start Over Again
  An article by Leonard Cassuto in the Chronicle of Higher Education published as part of an extended series
• How to Hope in Graduate School
  Sage advice from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Three Keys for Graduate Student Success
  By Rick Reis, this is from an interview conducted by doctoral education research scholar Chris Golde in 2016 for Stanford University’s Tomorrow’s Professor network
• Principles of Good Practice in Dealing with Graduate Students in Distress
  From the Council of Graduate Schools

Academic Literature

>> [Note: Additional academic literature from Grad-Mentor focusing on doctoral students is available from Attrition, Persistence and Socialization in Doctoral Education: Trends, Factors, Solutions.]

• Mental Health and Coping Strategies in Undergraduate and Graduate Students During COVID-19 Pandemic (2021), published in the journal Trends in Psychology
• Addressing Race and Diversity in Graduate Education (2021), by Wendy Chu, et. al, published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
• {NEW} Obstacles that May Result in Delayed Degrees for Graduate and Professional Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020), by Krista M. Soria, Bonnie Horgos, & Molly McAndrew, published in SERU Consortium Reports from the UC Berkeley Center for Studies in Higher Education
• Values, Acceptance, and Belongingness in Graduate School: Perspectives from Underrepresented Minority Students (2020), by Alexandria N. Miller & Susan M. Orsillo, published in the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
• Minding Many Minds: An Assessment of Mental Health and Resilience Among Undergraduate and Graduate Students: A Mixed-methods Exploratory Study (2020), published in the Journal of American College Health
• Predicting Graduate School Success: A Critical Race Analysis of the Graduate Record Examination (2020), by Raeshanda Wilson, Doctoral Dissertation, Kennesaw State University
• Evaluation and Durability of a Curriculum-Based Intervention for Promoting Mental Health Among Graduate Students (2020), by Chelsea Brett, et. al, published in the American Journal of Health Education
• It’s Complicated: The Relationship Between Participation in Academic Coaching and Program Completion in Online Graduate Students (2020), published in the journal Online Learning
• Transgender Graduate Students’ Experiences in Higher Education: A Mixed-Methods Exploratory Study (2019), by Abbie E. Goldberg, et. al, published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
• The Best and Worst of Graduate School: Graduate Students’ Self-Report Narratives of What Helps and What Hurts their Success (2017), by Patricia L. Hardre & Rui Pan, published in the Journal of Faculty Development
  
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