Kids and Doctoral Programs: The Challenges and Rewards

I was recently asked to discuss my experience with having children during the doctoral program in an effort to help other students contemplating the idea themselves.  This is because my wife and I celebrated the arrival of our son less than 7 months ago and have been adjusting ever since.  Don’t get me wrong, our [...]

Future Stars – Peter Baloh

Peter Baloh is a lecturer and a research fellow at Information Management department of Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, the only EQUIS accredited school in South-Eastern Europe. He is active in the areas of Information Systems, Management of Technology and Innovation, Project Management and Knowledge Management, which are considered through the lens of [...]

Choice

Manging social and professional life is a difficult challenge for PhDs. We all are just busy. People say ‘don’t get distracted’ and/or ‘focus!’. These voices sometimes stay in our mind and we end up to feel caught in the middle of nowhere.
I, however, sometimes think that doing something you really want or you really [...]

Comprehensive Exams (and Peace of Mind)

Some of us are taking comprehensive exams this summer…and we are under the pressure.
Does anyone want to share how to keep peace of mind..or how to effectively prepare for the exams?
Thanks,
Yukika
P.S. Here is the Origins’ on-the-Spot stress relief…at least a picture might help.

THESIS WRITING AND PROCASTINATION

Post comps is a period in the life of doctoral students where they have to manage their own time… and manage it poductively to get the degree in finite time… More often we fall in the trap of procastination. I hope many of us will be able to relate to following video clip. This was [...]

Is it my…?

What can I say…