- Graduate School Rankings (U.S. News)
- NRC Graduate Program Rankings Form
- Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change
- Full-text Web version of a valuable source for evaluating doctoral programs.
Indices to Colleges/Universities on the WWW
- Use one of these sites to locate the home page of a college/university.
- American Universities (University of Florida, 1998)
- College and University Home Pages (Christine DeMello, 1996)
- International universities included but not being kept up to date.
- Web U.S. Higher Education (University of Texas, Austin, 1998)
- Well-organized site.
College Catalogs
- Before you send for your own catalog, you can browse this full-text database.
- College Source Online: College Search (Career Guidance Foundation, 1998)
- Over 10,600 catalogs. Graduate and professional schools included. Restricted to CSUS students/faculty.
APPLYING TO GRADUATE SCHOOL
Application/Admission Process
- Getting In: An Applicant's Guide to Graduate School Admissions (David Burrell, Ohio State University, 1995)
- Five sections available online: (1) introduction, (2) deciding where to apply, (3) contacting faculty members, (4) visiting schools, (5) commando tactics while you wait, (6) final note. Good source. Complete guidebook available from The Graduate Group.
- Guide to the Graduate School Decision (Drew University, 1998)
- Helpful overview of what is involved in graduate school decisions.
- Movin' On: Tips About Graduate School (College of Willliam & Mary)
- Of Interest to Students (Council of Graduate Students, 1997)
- The Council of Graduate Students provides information for those "who are interested in pursuing graduate education or are currently in master's or doctoral programs."
- So You Want to Go to Grad School (Princeton Review Online, 1998)
- Covers topics, such as pros and cons of grad school, researching schools, etc.
- Tips for Researching and Applying to Graduate Schools (Chris Parks, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)
- A variety of good information.
- The Winning Formula (Time/Princeton Review)
Writing the Personal Statement/Statement of Purpose
- Personal Statements and Application Letters (Indiana University)
- Writing for Graduate School Admission (Accepted.com)
- Accepted.com offers tips on writing for admission to grad schools as well as professional schools.
- Writing Personal Statements (University of Illinois)
FUNDING: SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND LOANS
Graduate Study Only
- Financial Aid for Graduate School (FinAid)
- Financing Graduate Study
- A seven-page essay discussing graduate school financing.
- Graduate Fellowship Notebook (Cornell University)
- Searchable file.
- Grants In Graduate Studies/GIGS (New York University)
- A searchable database.
General Funding
- ExPAN Scholarship Search (College Board)
- College Board's searchable database for financing undergraduate through graduate school.
- FastWEB: Financial Aid Search Through the Web
- Searchable database of over 275,000 scholarships. Recommended source.
- FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page (Mark Kantrowitz, 1998)
- Comprehensive , annotated site for anyone seeking educational funding. Covers both print and Internet. A good place to start , especially for Internet resources. Highly recommended.
- Grantmaker Information (Foundation Center, 1998)
- This directory provides (1) links to over 280 grantmaker Web sites and (2) links to informational materials, e.g., application guidelines, etc.
- GrantsWeb (Society of Research Administrators/SRA)
- Lengthy list of grants. Not yet searchable as a database.
- MOLIS: Minority On-Line Information Service (n.d.)
- Searchable index for "qualified minority applicants."
- Student Guide 1998-99 (U.S. Dept. of Education, 1998)
- Comprehensive source on federal student funding from the U.S. Department of Education.
Proposal Writing
- A Guide for Proposal Writing (National Science Foundation)
- A Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing
- Proposal Writing: Internet Resources (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
- Proposal Writing Short Course (Foundation Center)
- Essay (10 p.) on writing a grant proposal.
SURVIVING THE GRADUATE EXPERIENCE
General
- Graduate School Survival Guide (Stanford University, 1997)
- How to Succeed in Graduate School: A Guide for Students and Advisors, Part I. (Marie desJardins, 1994)
- How to Succeed in Graduate School: A Guide for Students and Advisors, Part II. (Marie desJardins, 1995)
- Survival in the Academy. (Indiana University, 1993)
- Handbook for incoming graduate students.
Organizations/Discussion Groups
- Association for Support of Graduate Students/ASGS
- Objective is "to assist students to complete their theses and obtain their degrees, produce the highest quality of theses, and improve their lives during the thesis process."
- H-Grad
- List-serv that provides graduate students with a safe, graduate-student only forum for discussing a wide variety of issues related to graduate school, teaching, and becoming PhD's in humanities-based professions." Provided by H-Net, Humanities and Social Sciences Online.
- National Association of Graduate-Professional Students/NAGPS
WRITING THE THESIS/DISSERTATION
General Information
- Advice on Choosing a Dissertation Advisor (Alex King, 1996)
- Copyright Law & Graduate Research: New Media, New Rights, and Your New Dissertation (Kenneth D. Crews, Indiana University, 1996)
- How to Organize Your Thesis (John W. Chinneck, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 1997)
- Six page essay written by a professor in the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering.
- How to Write a Doctoral Thesis -PhD/DPhil (Chad Perry, University of Southern Queensland, Australia)
- In Search of a Dissertation Committee (Laurie Hernandez, 1996)
- Published in Qualitative Report (v. 4, 1996) from the School of Social and Systemic Studies, Nova University.
Discussion Groups
- PhinisheD
- "A discussion support group for people who cannot seem to finish their dissertations or theses"
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
- Grad Student Humor and Life
- Collected by David Burrell, Ohio State University
- Graduate Student Humor Page
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