ous of what the list thinks of this phenomenon?
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>
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> That being said, I feel that I received a good education and was able to
> conduct some important research during that time in spite of the problems.
> So, while it was certainly not a perfect situation, it was not
> in
renghi
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:01:41 -0400
From: aar...@ufl.edu
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Grad students: what are they worth, and does their work
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Hi Alisha,
I'm going to piggy back on what Mar
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> From: aar...@ufl.edu
> Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Grad students: what are they worth, and does their
> work space effect their productivity? Input gratefully accepted
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> Hi Alisha,
>
> I'm going to piggy back on what Mart
Hi Alisha,
I'm going to piggy back on what Marty said. I've been working in
the professional world for about 2 years (Museum administration),
and about 9 months ago my supervisor and I were forced to give up
our private office with a window and move to a group workspace
with 9 total people an
Hi Alisha,
You could probably collect some useful data in an afternoon of chatting with
faculty and students in your department--administrators care about numbers
of publications, grant dollars, and teaching undergraduates so it might be
helpful to know:
--How many / what proportion of the depart
Hi Alisha,
If you can find some faculty allies to help make your case (both in the
value of grad students to the university and in the impact of workspace on
your productivity), their voice might carry more weight with campus admin.
On our campus "academic student employees" (including TAs and RA
du
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> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:20:43 +0100
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> Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Grad students: what are they worth, and does their
> work space effect their productivity? Input gratefully accept
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> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:20:43 +0100
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> Hi,
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Hi,
Definitely look into unions (student and work) as there is certain
conditions which should be meet. However I was surprised to arrive at
my university (XX) and find a lot of students in a prefab building
which had many problems, heating, foxes and leaking rooms which went
onto computers a
The responses so far have primarily focused on the value of grad students and
not on the impact that workspace has on their productivity.
My own experience as a grad student focused on productivity has been as
follows. I have appreciated the workspace offered to me on campus and the
incredible
Dear Alisha,
I feel with you. I was fortunately to share my office only with 1-2
students as a graduate student. I can't imagine having done this with
40 folks in a room. I wished I could point you to a reference, but I
am also not aware of any literature on the topic. Still, Kevin and
Dan
In my limited experience, the graduate environment is determined by your
advisor's will to provide appropriate work space and support. Having these
types of conversations with potential advisors is an important aspect in
choosing a program, in my opinion. In terms of graduate value to a
university,
I went to Michigan, and I would say the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
department there was pretty good to its grad students. If anything, they've
been getting better since I started there nine years ago. I'm certainly
glad they didn't treat us the way your department is planning to treat you.
Hello everyone,
I replied directly to Alisha this morning, but I want to throw my hat into
the discussion too!
These are just my feelings, mind, but I feel like there are/should be
studies our there on the "value" (direct and indirect) that graduate
students bring to an institution...perhaps throu
Alisha,
I am a PhD student at New Mexico State University and my advisors always
found a way to provide me with a private office space (that I had to share
with only another student), travel money, or anything else I needed along
the way so I consider myself very lucky in that respect. However, NMS
Alisha,
While the documentation of the value of graduate students and their
services to academia may not exist or be easy to find, there seem to be
studies looking at the value of graduate student accommodations in
recruitment to a graduate program. That is, better facilities can
attract bett
Alisha,
As an abd PhD student I sympathize with your situation. I would like to see
my department function without the graduate student population, as they
teach many of the classes, produce the majority of the first-author
publications, write many of the funding grants, and even take on the
peer-
Hello all,
This is a very important topic. I dealt with similar negative attitudes
towards grad students during my dissertation work. I know as scientists we
like to point to empirical evidence to support a point, but I can't help you
there. I don't know of any papers on the matter. However, if yo
Alisha
I'm glad to see you bringing this topic up. I've been wondering what the
climate for graduate students is like at different institutions. I think it
is important to know because, in my experience, your description of the
value of graduate students (at least to the University Administrators)
Hi all,
I am currently a phd student in my second year. Currently, within my
department, grad students share a small building with several rooms, 5-7 in
a room. There is a proposal to uproot all the students (and combine them
with grad students in a similar department) to a renovated basement that
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