Ph.D defense. What to know? How to keep calm? All tips and strategies welcome. [more inside]
posted by meerkatty on Aug 26, 2009 - 35 answers

How do I link a bunch of documents together into a binder which automatically updates when changes are made? [more inside]
posted by special-k on Jun 11, 2008 - 8 answers

As a PhD student experienced in practical firefighting and, er, not so much in research, I'm having difficulty figuring out what to do my doctoral research in fire ecology on. [more inside]
posted by arnicae on Apr 4, 2007 - 17 answers

I would really like to use Pages for my CS dissertation. Should I? [more inside]
posted by raheel on Feb 4, 2007 - 30 answers

I'm probably going to drop out of a Ph.D. program – should I still take my qualifying exams? Any chance this might let me ultimately get a Ph.D. while feeling like I left academia? If I do ultimately drop out, would taking exams have just been a big waste of time? [more inside]
posted by ruff on Mar 28, 2006 - 21 answers