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Career Coach: Do I Dare to Try to Reach?
just ran across your blog today and it immediately caught my attention. I think you may be able to offer...
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Monday Musings
Things have been a little doom-and-gloomy of late on the blog, so it's time to lighten up a bit. A...
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Do I Dare to Try to Reach
just ran across your blog today and it immediately caught my attention. I think you may be able to offer some valuable advice. I am 29 with two children (2 ½ and 14 months), a full-time job (though only 9 months), and an MS degree. However, the thought of a PhD keeps creeping back into my radar and there is a program in the local area. I have been out in the workforce for 5 years, but I am at a small, private university. There's probably more to the story, but I guess I'm wondering if it's possible to manage a PhD workload with two children. Obviously, I'd be giving up my position, but I feel like I've reached as far as I can with only a Master's. And what do I love? Teaching. Currently, my job is more administrative, an endless list of committees, and working with students on an individual basis. I'm just looking for advice from someone who's been there, done that, and is now at the other end. Thoughts? Kristi A. from Michigan I'm going to assume that you're married and that, with two kids and a theoretically employed husband, you're not too mobile? In which case my first question is going to be, have you applied for teaching jobs at community colleges? Because at least on paper, you're qualified to teach at a cc, and you could do that immediately, without five more years of education.
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CLARITY
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, and UD's gazing at twelve white roses in a twelve-cup teapot. That's her...
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Realistic radicalism
I just received my electronic copy of the Rocky Mountain Institute's Solutions newsletter. It contains an article by Cameron Burns...
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New Book Is the Gift You Didn't Know You Wanted
Question: What do you get the writer, reader, teacher, actor, director, medical doctor, or translator in your life who has...
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Why One Professor Is a Little Behind This Week
Paula Krebs writes about how the Philadelphia Phillies earned her devotion -- and the havoc that has been created in her life this fall by the team's success.
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Math Geek Mom: Do Math for the Cure
Hello! My name is Rosemarie, and I am the new writer for this Mama, Ph.D. column. Before I begin, I...