In a University English Education program, 14 graduate students between the ages of 37 and 50 were asked to talk about the personal, social, academic, and professional advantages and disadvantages of being older graduate students. Disadvantages included financial problems, social isolation, irrelevant course content, and supervision of their teaching by less experienced instructors. Some advantages noted were keeping intellectually alive, fewer social distractions, and greater self-reliance and confidence. At the end of each interview, the students offered some words of wisdom or advice to the older graduate student who might be in his or her place next year. (PRA)
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- Peer Reviewed
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- Publication Type
- ['Guides - Classroom - Learner', 'Speeches/Meeting Papers']
- Published in
- United States of America
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- In addition many felt that universities do little to support older 4
- Intellectually alive. We continually heard expressions like these My life 5
- A truly nervewracking professional disadvantage is fear of not finding 10
- In fact all the people we talked to agreed their professional initiative was 12
- Dont overreach at first. Your capacities are different and your old 13
- Have a plan and stick to it. Dont expect to fit into any image of what 13
- Its professionally rewarding. 14
