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		<title>Reasons for Viewing a Graduate Degree as an Investment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A graduate degree is an investment because it enhances your existing potentials and it requires time, effort, and money on your part. For example, a bachelor&#8217;s degree may have already prepared you for a job, but a graduate degree ups your opportunities, performance, and knowledge.

Career advancement
Proceeding with the previous thought, a graduate degree can provide you with more career opportunities. Because of your advanced learning and better qualifications, you may get more job offers. You may also be promoted if you have an existing job. A teaching assistant, for example, can become a higher-ranked instructor in the university he or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Graduate Thesis Writing Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The graduate thesis is possibly the most important part of graduate work. So, thesis preparation must be done with care, and, of course, with the proper application of knowledge at each stage of the thesis generation. After all, you are assigned a graduate thesis not just because it is a requirement but also for you to demonstrate what you have learned in graduate school. If you have learned well, you must be able to pose intelligent questions within your field and answer them through your graduate thesis.
Topic approval
If you are able to formulate intelligent questions, you can list possible topics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graduate Student Life: Reasons for Applying as a Professor&#8217;s Research Assistant</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Becoming a professor&#8217;s research assistant is helpful to, and sometimes convenient for, a graduate student. This is because an advanced degree may mean more expenses for you after your college life. However, a full-time job that can finance your graduate studies may not be practical at all. Part-time jobs may be more feasible in the long run, but getting a job outside campus can be very stressful on you, because the commute will add to the stress brought about by completing requirements in graduate school. This is why many graduate students opt for research assistantship.
Assessing compatibility
As a research assistant, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Get the Best out of Graduate School Study Groups</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When things get tough in graduate school, a well-formed study group is a big help. The operative word is &#8220;well formed.&#8221; A badly organized study group will have little or no effect at all in your academic performance and the success of your group. Why are study groups so important, anyway? The promise of sharing and combining energies will provide a better way to learn. The teamwork will prepare you for future jobs, and the support group system gets you through graduate school.
Downsizing
As much as sharing and networking are important, chaos is the result of over-sized study groups. So, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Privileges Enjoyed by Members of an Honor Society</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honor societies are not formed to establish social status, but they are formed to celebrate the achievements and enrich the academic lives of its members. Though such societies may have Greek names, they are not equivalent to a fraternity or a sorority. An honor society&#8217;s goals go beyond partying and other social activities. Here are a few privileges enjoyed by members of honor societies.
Sense of accomplishment
Being merely invited to an honor society confirms your status as an achiever. So, you feel a sense of accomplishment when you are confirmed as an honor society member. It is a recognition of your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preventing Office Politics That Affect your Work in the Academe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though the academe is not as tough as the corporate environment, it still suffers from office politics. Because the need for promotion exists in any average working place, power struggles among co-workers and colleagues can still occur; power struggles are also evident even in school. There will be alliances and even pure non-job related antagonism between two or more people. Sometimes, this happens when people are constantly working closely. These rifts, however, can be prevented. Here are a few things to keep in mind to stay away from office politics in the academe.
Being transparent
Office politics in the academe can produce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Five Most Reputable Humanities and Literature Graduate Programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Popular American universities prove their reputation by ranking high in the graduate divisions of humanities and literature. Humanities and literature programs from three Ivy league schools have made it to the top five. Berkeley tops the humanities list in 2008, while Harvard comes in second. However, in the general English department, Harvard is on top while Berkeley is second. The three other universities in the top five have also reshuffled their rankings. So, the following list is in no particular order:
Harvard University
Harvard offers unique humanities programs, including a specific take on the Classics. The humanities sector also provides focus on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Cope with Stress in Graduate School</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stress is part of life; so people should be capable of coping with stress brought about by the demands of school, work, and personal matters. After all, graduate students are generally high achievers. If you are in graduate school, you probably have a love and deep appreciation for learning. However, even if you do love learning and had straight As through college, graduate school may be tougher. It also becomes tougher if you have a very high expectation of what you can do or should do.
Employ time management strategies
Stress can truly pull you down if you do not know how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Five Most Reputable Social Sciences Graduate Programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best social sciences programs in the United States are offered by top-ranked universities. These universities include some that belong to the Ivy League, such as Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. The top five universities per specific social sciences vary, but some are fairly consistent with all their programs. These universities are the ones that made the list of universities offering the five best social sciences programs.
University of California – Berkeley
UC-Berkeley&#8217;s social sciences programs have proven themselves to be competitive. The university is able to reach the top five for each program, creating for itself a strong overall social sciences department. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Five Most Reputable Engineering and Sciences Graduate Programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the United States&#8217; 2008 rankings, there are five universities with over-all excellent performances, which are hailed as having the best offerings of engineering and sciences graduate programs. So, for those who want to pursue a graduate degree in engineering or in any other related sciences, the following universities may be just for you.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
MIT has consistently proven itself as an institution that offers one of the best engineering courses. It has also been known to offer other competitive degrees in the sciences. There are many specialized degrees in the sciences that one can take up from [...]]]></description>
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