How to Get a PhD: How to Set Yourself Up for Success in the First 12 Months I blew the whole lid on how unfair Academia is, especially to non-white PhD students. Then I got nonstop negative reviews badmouthing it, trying to keep this out of public knowledge, telling me that that''s not reality and I just live in a bubble (despite having seen these problems around the world, and being paid to fix them!) Then the Black Lives Matter movement happened about 8 months after I published this book. The exact thing that this book aimed to make happen (generating equality), is happening! The ball is starting to roll! And those nay-sayers in the reviews...well, I guess we can all figure out what their motives and "preferences" are. So to all the nay-sayers, enjoy! To all those who want equality, this book is what you need! This book was out telling everyone about these problems, and how to fix them, well before it became "common-knowledge" and it does what still no other book does - give solutions!: So, you''re thinking about doing a PhD. Or, you''ve been accepted into your PhD program. Congrats! It''s a big accomplishment. Do you want to make sure that you get your PhD? You can. You can set yourself up for success within the first 12 months, if you know how. John discloses the biggest problem of the PhD process and how it reduces PhD students to work-horses, and how all of the subsequent problems that they face can be drawn back to it. Understanding how their political tactics work is the first step to overcoming them. John goes further and explains how to turn it back on them and gain control of your PhD, and life. John got his PhD despite his advisors not wanting him to. The PhD process isn''t anything special, it isn''t anything magical, it is a fairly simple process. The problem with the PhD process mainly arises from the politics involved, which unfortunately, you''re part of whether you know it or not, whether you realize it or not, and most of all, whether you like it or not. The only way around that is to understand the game and understand how to play it. That is what he''s detailed in this book. It''s all there for you to use and implement into you PhDs to get them. Dr. John Hockey has been involved with the PhD process for 20 years now, from hopeful applicant, to PhD student, to recent graduate, to having his own PhD students, to designing PhD programs. He''s the best in the business. |
