With this handbook, award-winning advisor and former Dean of Students at McGill University Bruce Shore sets out to explain and demystify the human dimension of graduate supervision. The handbook is not about how to write or to help students write a dissertation; rather, Shore explores the relationships between advisors and students and the responsibilities of both parties, including the joys of a productive match and how to avoid the many possible pitfalls. In six short chapters offering pithy advice on how to conduct a ...
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With this handbook, award-winning advisor and former Dean of Students at McGill University Bruce Shore sets out to explain and demystify the human dimension of graduate supervision. The handbook is not about how to write or to help students write a dissertation; rather, Shore explores the relationships between advisors and students and the responsibilities of both parties, including the joys of a productive match and how to avoid the many possible pitfalls. In six short chapters offering pithy advice on how to conduct a productive and happy advisory relationship, Shore provides an essential guide to this often neglected dimension of professional development in academic life.
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