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How My PhD Prepared Me for Entrepreneurship

How My PhD Prepared Me for Entrepreneurship

Today I’m launching the first post in each of two new series over on Grad Student Finances. The first post in the side job series is from a student who worked part-time for an investor relations firm. The first post in the reader posts series is on why one grad student is motivated to save aggressively.   I didn’t quite know it at the time, but last fall, just after my PhD defense, I started a business teaching … Read entire article »

Filed under: grad school, self-employment

A Peek at Graduate Student Loan Debt

A Peek at Graduate Student Loan Debt

An article popped up on my personal Facebook feed last week that was accompanied by a spirited discussion in the comments about PhD student stipend levels and the necessity of taking out student loans even for students who are “fully funded.”  Of course I clicked over and eventually found my way to this spreadsheet of student loan balances created by Karen Kelsky of The Professor Is In to demonstrate her point that even funded humanities PhDs can result … Read entire article »

Filed under: debt, grad school