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Guest Post: How The Heck Did You Get Your PhD. By 30?

I know for many of you, it's midterm time (whether it's looming ahead of you or it just passed). You're studying, writing papers, finding time to read your textbook or meet up with classmates. You might be feeling a little draining and wondering, "How am I going to do this?" I thought it would be helpful for you to hear from a woman who has seen the mountaintop! Melvina just got her Ph.D in … [Continue reading...]

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Singing The Grad School Blues

Will someone please come get me? This is week three of classes and I'm thisclose to needing a break in a room with padded walls. It's not even the courseload (although I could honestly do without having a paper due every week...sigh). It's the other students. One of the courses I'm taking is an undergraduate course. It's a senior level course, but with added work and requirements to make … [Continue reading...]

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Giveaway: College money for your kids!

I just finished my first semester of grad school and I'm tired. Beat down mentally. But I'm pushing forward because I know getting that degree will so worth it in the end. (Plus, I get to learn about all the research that policy makers depend on, so we can all get more family-friend policies and programs.) I think we all agree that education is important. Not just our education but our kids' … [Continue reading...]

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The real cause of unplanned pregnancy

As a Family Studies major, we're asked to select a family population or issue (military families, LGBT families, alcoholism in families, etc.) to study for the semester and to apply what we've learned to our selected focus. I, of course, choose college-age moms as my population. I've been researching all these efforts to curb unplanned pregnancy among 20somethings and it is increasingly clear … [Continue reading...]

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Go hard or go home

I started grad school this week.  I'm still nervous.   I mean, really, I'm freaking out about being overwhelmed. I actually called my sister and told her to schedule a mental breakdown for me somewhere around the third week of the semester.   But regardless of my feelings, I'm going back to school because I want to show my kids that their goals are worth pursuing, no matter what obstacles may … [Continue reading...]

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