[NOTE:
this is a prototype. some of the links work, others are faux links.
some of the article titles are real, others are invented. they are only
meant to serve as an example of the types of features this site will
ultimately include.]
GradForum
is an interactive online resource devoted to graduate students across
the disciplines. It provides grads with an extensive intellectual
community as well as a venue for writing about the graduate experience
and other matters of concern, while acting as a gateway to important
resources.
GradForum gathers, produces and solicits writing and information by,
for, or about graduate students and studies.More about us... about submitting...
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"Late
last spring a Brown graduate student in American Civilization
sent out a plea for help on our heavily subscribed graduate
listserv. Her cat had been stuck in a tall tree for more than
five days, and the city's fire department,
animal control unit, and rescue league had all declined to
assist her in getting it down. In the American civilization
of nostalgic memory, those are precisely the folks we are
supposed to call in such times of crisis. Providence is no
Mayberry, however, and the student's run-in with reality set
our postmodern analytical gears into motion. What, after all,
does it take to save a cat in 2004?..." Read
on
FEATURED ARTICLES
Featured
Linked Articles
Editorial:
Community=bad word?
by GradForum
[comments:
9]
GradCulture:
Commencement
by Manu L. Chavez
[comments:
9]
Public
Sphere:
Writing with the Developmentally Disabled
by Jane Brown
[comments:
3]
Abroad:
Native Soil &
"Roman" Customs
by Land Eagle
[comments:
15]
Us&Them:
Why I'm Still Here
by Serena Thompson
[comments:
15]
Demands:Life without
Unions
by Bob Smith
[comments:
23]
EServer 226 writers,
artists, editors and scholars gather to publish and discuss
their works
Grads
in the News
Friday,
July 16, 2004
·
Labor
Board Says Graduate Students at Private Universities Have
No Right to Unionize.
Steven Greenhouse and Karen W. Arenson (NYT)
March
22, 2004
·
African
women pursuing graduate studies in the sciences: racism,
gender bias, and third world marginality.
Josephine Beoku-Betts (NWSA Journal)
July
15, 2004
·
Diversity increases in Texas A&M
graduate studies
Shawn C. Millender (University Wire)
January
28, 2003
·
"Graduate
Studies: All Things To All People?" is theme of UND
Graduate School's Scholarly Activities Forum Feb. 11-13;
Nina Fedoroff, Penn State Biology Professor, is keynote
speaker.
(M2 Presswire)
November
21, 1998
·
Arts graduates thrive study says
Tanya Talaga, The Toronto Star
"One
of these days I want to put together an academic conference
that addresses the phenomenon of academic conferences.
It will be called 'The Longer Version,' and will be distinguished
by three features: one, every paper will have a respondent who,
instead of waiting for the paper to end, will simply snort,
harrumph, and blurt 'I think not!' at random moments during
the paper...." Read
on
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Invisible Adjunct
From
the margins of academe: Occasional thoughts on higher education,
campus politics, the use and abuse of adjunct faculty, the academic
"job market," and various other
absurdities.
Critical
Mass
Commentary on the state of American academe.
