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Related Resources
- Career Education Center -- Simmons career counseling
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- CA$H -- Simmons work study and on-campus jobline
- Alumnet Professional Connections
- School of Management Library -- additional career and business resources at Simmons
- Study Abroad Office
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
National Doctoral Program Survey (Humanities)
Information here is from a 2000 survey of 32,000 current and recent
Ph.D. students. You can view aggregate data about students' perceptions of mentoring,
career guidance, overall satisfaction, etc. by disciplin.
http://survey.nagps.org/getComparison.php?st=3
Try searching for a school by
state. If there were at least 10 responses for a particular program, they include not
only the rankings, but also student comments.
http://survey.nagps.org/chooseState.php
History Doctoral
Programs in the United States and Canada
A guide from the American Historical Association. Includes suggestions for
history program Web sites.
http://www.historians.org/projects/cge/PhD/intro.cfm
MLA Guide to Doctoral Programs in English and Other Modern Languages
A powerful tool for those considering Ph.D.s in English or other
languages.
http://www.mla.org/gdp_intro
Advice to Graduate Students: From Application to Career
MLA’s guide to choosing a doctoral program and beginning to
build your academic career.
http://www.mla.org/advice_grad
Open
Directory Project’s list of Library and Information Science
Programs
A basic list noting which programs offer doctoral degrees. Includes
links to program sites.
http://dmoz.org/Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information
_Science/Schools/North_America/United_States/
Graduate Programs
in Women’s
Studies
Smith College provides this guide, which includes Ph.D. programs
in the U.S. and abroad. Updated several times per year.
http://www.smith.edu/wst/gradlinks.html
About:
Resources for Social Sciences
http://gradschool.about.com/od/socialsciences/
About:
Resources for Psychology
http://gradschool.about.com/od/psychology/
Modern Language Association
The Modern Language Association promotes the study and teaching of
language and literature. Theirs is a very rich website, with information on everything from MLA style to the future of scholarly publishing. Student membership available.
http://www.mla.org/
American Historical Association
This Web site includes great career resources. Student membership available. (Membership required for access to premium content, such as their fellowship directory.)
http://www.historians.org/
National Women's Studies Association
Dig around in this site for great resources on teaching, building women's studies
programs, etc. Includes fellowship information for students, and other announcements.
Student membership available.
http://www.nwsa.org/
Selected books available in the Career Resource Library:
• Peterson’s Graduate Programs in the Humanities, Arts & Social
Sciences
• Guide to Graduate Work in Women's Studies, 3rd ed. 2000
Published by the National Women's Studies Association.
General Information
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