Dr. Steve Davies on Selling Yourself as a Graduate Student from sarah straw on Vimeo. In this second of five segments on advice for grad students, Dr. Davies talks about selling yourself and having the right CV. Watch the next video in this series, Jobs and Letters of Recommendations.

Dr. Stephen Davies gives advice for new faculty members. In this second of five segments, Dr. Davies talks about the importance of developing future research interests. Dr. Stephen Davies – Developing Research Interests from sarah straw on Vimeo. Watch the next video in this series, Publishing Schedule as a New Faculty Member.

Digital repositories are the subject of a recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education. The piece highlights how repositories were once thought of as a way around academic publishers, providing open access to research. While this hasn’t happened, repositories are increasingly being used to serve scholars, allowing their work to be widely available and preserving it digitally. The University [...]

Have you checked out Brian Leiter’s Ranking of Graduate Programs in Philosophy in the English-Speaking World? In addition to overall school rankings, the report also includes a breakdown of programs by specialties,in depth explanation of how the results were determined and some good general advice on applying to and attending graduate school. Update: Also see our post about ProPhilosophy, a blog that has recently been tackling [...]

There’s a lot of advice out there for students who are thinking about going to graduate school. Much of it applies to any discipline, from the hard sciences to the fine arts. When choosing which schools to apply to, there are many considerations – location, faculty, cost, ranking, etc. Where do you start? Here are my top six pieces of [...]

Last week Inside Higher Ed published“Confessions of a Tenured Professor” by Peter D.G. Brown. In the article Professor Brown talks about his own experiences pursuing a career in academia, changes in the system and the tough market he sees for new PhDs and those in the early stages of their careers. He’s especially concerned with the poor treatment and compensation [...]

INTRODUCTION EconBridge: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice in Public Policy was created in response to a perceived gap between public policy and science. It seems that many times participants in the policy discourse are ill-equipped to judiciously evaluate the underlying science. Thus, the science policy debate often defers to a scientific consensus, relies on the ideological credentials of [...]

These questions are part of a discussion series on Libertarian Paternalism (LP). For some background, visit this Cato Unbound essay on the topic.  Is opting out of an LP policy always a genuine option? By whose authority are we in a position to have to opt out in the first place? Can individuals opt out without substantial transaction costs? [...]

This forum is loaded with helpful information on different Economics PhD programs and tips for preparing for them. If you are looking at going to graduate school in Economics, make sure to take a look.