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Suzanne Saunders replied to the topic How are online graduate degrees viewed? in the discussion
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoThank you, again, for your helpful comments! I will pass them along to the student.
At this point, she will be pursuing her MA through SNHU, but still wants to check out her options.
The reason why I am helping her investigate how online MA programs are perceived is because the faculty at our campus want her to pursue her MA at our school, but…[Read more]
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Rachel Neff replied to the topic How are online graduate degrees viewed? in the discussion
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoI have no opinion of SNHU. I haven’t heard any horror stories from fellow military partners, but that doesn’t mean the Great Google doesn’t have a few tales.
I’d tell your student to ask her future program to give her the names and emails of some current students. Just as if she were going to attend the program in person, I’d have her ask these…[Read more]
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Suzanne Saunders replied to the topic How are online graduate degrees viewed? in the discussion
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoHi Rachel,
Thank you so much for your comments! They are very helpful.
I have shared your experience and comments with my student, and she has two more questions. I hope you do not mind me passing them along to you, but this is what she would like to know:
What is your opinion of SNHU as an on line graduate program?
In which program are you…[Read more]
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Rachel Neff replied to the topic How are online graduate degrees viewed? in the discussion
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoI completely understand your student’s desire to have a portable degree, since I too am attached to someone in the military and am currently pursing an online master’s (I already hold a tradition master’s and doctorate).
Online degrees are losing their stigma. However, one had to consider the reputation of the school providing the degree. If it’s…[Read more]
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Suzanne Saunders started the topic How are online graduate degrees viewed? in the discussion
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoI have a student who is graduating with a B.A. in English and wants to pursue an M.A. in English through an online graduate program. The school is accredited and has a physical campus, but my student would be enrolled in the online graduate program only. She is choosing an online option because her husband is in the military, and they will be…[Read more]
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Suha Kudsieh started the topic FYI: Beyond the Professoriate: A Virtual Conference for PhDs in Career Transiti in the discussion
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months agoFYI:
—Beyond the Professoriate: A Virtual Conference for PhDs in Career Transition
Hosted by Maren Wood (Lilli Research Group) and Jennifer Polk (From PhD to Life)
May 2 and 9, 2015
Attend one day: US $25
Attend two days: US $39
Register at: beyondprof.com/registration
Career Day (May 2, 2015)
11:00 A.M. – 12:20 P.M. (EDT): Higher E…[Read more]
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Svetlana Tyutina started the topic Call for Papers – MLA 2016 in the discussion
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 11 years agoThe MLA Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession invites you to submit proposals for one of our guaranteed panels “Humanities beyond Humanities.” We welcome proposals on teaching languages and general humanities courses at STEM institutions, military academies, and smaller programs, languages and literature and alt-ac and…[Read more]
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Monica C. Miller started the topic Annette Kolodny Award in the forum
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoThe Women’s Caucus for the Modern Languages welcomes submissions for its annual awards. We are particularly eager to assure that graduate students are aware of the Annette Kolodny travel award for students presenting papers at MLA.
The 2014 Annette Kolodny Award
The Annette Kolodny Award is presented annually to a graduate student member o…[Read more]
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Jaime Brenes Reyes started the topic Grad Conference – (((Trans- & Trance))) in the forum
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months ago(((Trans- & Trance)))
17th Annual Graduate Student Conference | Western University, Canada
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures | Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism
Keynotes by Dr. David S. Ferris (University of Colorado at Boulder) and Dr. Joel Faflak (Western University)
Trans- and trance are ways of life: from…[Read more]
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Benjamin Mangrum started the topic Graduate Student Labor series in the forum
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 12 years agoDear colleagues,
Several faculty and graduate students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have recently launched Ethos: A Digital Review of the Arts, Humanities, and Public Ethics. This digital project, which is supported by the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at UNC, features weekly posts about culture and politics from i…[Read more]
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Stacey Amo posted an update in the group
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 12 years, 2 months agoPlease check out the list of convention activities relevant to graduate students here.
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