When I first started my altac job at a university, I actively tried to continue my research project. That lasted about three months until the staff check out privileges made it too difficult to keep the materials long enough to do the in-depth research I was used to. Honestly, I had better library privileges as a graduate student.

I do publish,…[Read more]

Hello, I’m Rachel Anna Neff. I received my doctorate in Spanish literature in June 2013 and started working an alternate academic, or altac, job in October 2013.

I’m interested in helping other folks with doctorates figure out what to do if/when working for the academy doesn’t work out.

I 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]

I 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]