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Goldsmith, John Komlos, guide to college and Penny Schine Gold Andrew Roberts the graduate advisor handbook A Student-Centered Approach bruce m. shore the university of chicago press chicago and london bruce m. shore is professor emeritus of  educational psychology in the Department of  Educational and Counselling Psychology at  McGill University. He has been recognized for his  graduate advising and other teaching by his faculty’s  Distinguished Teaching Award, the university’s  David Thomson Award for Excellence in Graduate  Teaching & Supervision, and the Principal’s Prize  for Excellence in Teaching. Shore is a fellow of the  American Educational Research Association. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 2014 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Published 2014. Printed in the United States of America 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14    1 2 3 4 5 isbn-13: 978-0-226-01150-9 (cloth) isbn-13: 978-0-226-01164-6 (paper) isbn-13: 978-0-226-01178-3 (e-book) doi: 10.7208/chicago/9780226011783.001.0001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shore, Bruce M., author.   The graduate advisor handbook : a student-  centered approach / Bruce M. Shore.      pages cm—(Chicago guides to academic life)   Includes index.   isbn 978-0-226-01150-9 (cloth : alk. paper) —   isbn 978-0-226-01164-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) —   isbn 978-0-226-01178-3 (e-book)  1. Faculty advi- sors—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Graduate  students—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Teacher- student relationships—Handbooks, manuals, etc.    I. Title. II. Series: Chicago guides to academic life.   lb2343.s467 2014   378.1'94—dc23 2013043060 a This paper meets the requirements of ansi/niso z39.48–1992 (Permanence of Paper). contents Preface vii Acknowledgments xv 1 Beginning the Advisory Relationship 1   Working from Strengths 3   Advising Takes Different Forms 7   Making the Commitment 16 2 Student-Centered Advising 21   Building Autonomy 22   Financial Support 25   Sensitivity to Changes in Student Needs 28   Academic Integrity 32   Time Counts 36   Scaffolding and Self-Monitoring Progress 41 3 Maintaining Boundaries in Routine Interactions 46   Distinguishing Work and Home 47   Maintaining Balance 50 Cultural Sensitivity 54   Socializing at Home 57   Socializing in Academic Settings 60   Physical Contact 64   Hard News 67   Life Coaching 72 4 Quagmires and Sticky Situations 76   Advisor versus Advisor 76   Refugees and Wanderers 80   Conflict and Rivalry among Advisees 85   Procrastination and Delays 89   Disclosures 93   Conflicts of Interest 97   Sex 100 5 Career Support 106   Beyond the Fixed Curriculum 107   Reference Letters 112   Publishing Together 118   Mentoring 123 6 Institutionalizing a Culture of Student-Centered Advising 128 Appendix 1: Additional Reading 137 Appendix 2: Sample Contract for Graduate Advising 141 Appendix 3: Student-Centered Advising Checklist 147 Index 153 preface Is This Book for You or about You? “Yes and no” is the most likely answer. All advisors care about  their students, but how this is expressed in practice varies  widely. The examples and advice in this book will affirm some  advisors’ practices and challenge others’, and this will vary by  situation. Student-centered advising is an approach, an atti- tude, a direction, and not just an extended to-do list. The sug- gestions offered here are examples of how the approach can  be implemented. They can sometimes be used directly but  will typically need to be adapted to the institution, the disci- pline, the advisor, and the student. Supervision in the sciences  is more likely to include research teams and jointly authored  publications with students, and both of these activities are rare  in the humanities, but all advisors can help students with their  writing whether solo or coauthored, and all advisors can be at- tentive to their students’ needs for encouragement or financial  support. As in perusing a catalog, a reader can start with topics  of prime interest and relevance and hopefully be drawn into at viii preface least reflecting on the other topics. If a problem arises, a look  at the table of contents may lead you to a solution in the pages  that follow. From initial admission to program demands to thesis de- fense, graduate school is full of hurdles. However, did you know  that one of the greatest obstacles—perhaps the greatest impedi- ment—to graduate student success is the interpersonal relation- ship with the research advisor? As advisors we’ve all heard horror  stories, and I’ll share a few of the ones I know, but this book is  primarily about how to build and sustain a successful, trusting,  and sometimes lasting relationship between advisor and research  students, working intensively with each other in the context of  other people in their personal and institutional lives. There are several extensive, informative, and well-referenced   books and other resources about how to be a successful gradu- ate research student. They deal with such issues as applying for  student funding, transitions into and out of graduate school,  progress through the steps of settling on a dissertation topic,  identifying or locating sources and interpreting evidence, and  completing degree requirements. Some volumes identify po- tential problems and focus mainly on resolving or coping with  them. Most put the onus on students to manage these processes   or cope with consequences. Advisors can and do refer to such  books for ideas on how to promote students’ degree progress. This book is different. It is not another book about how to  plan a scholarly study, write or guide a dissertation, or navi- gate formal degree requirements. Instead, it focuses specifically  on research advisors. It contains advice that professors do not  usually get from their previous education, colleagues, chairs,  deans, or faculty orientations about how to advise effectively  and with integrity, in a way that is advantageous profession- ally and personally and that creates a community of scholars preface ix around oneself. It is about giving forethought to the human  context of student-advisor relationships in research advising.  The first goal is to help make the advising experience a high- light of a graduate student’s life. In your own experiences as  a graduate student this may not have been how most of your  peers talked about it. The second and no less important goal is  to help make the experience of being a research advisor a high- light in professors’ life and work satisfaction. The third goal  is to help institutions support a commitment to high-quality,  student-centered research advising. If you are a dissertation advisor, this book is about you and  for you. Every advisor was once an advisee, so it might stir  some memories, both good and bad. If you are a graduate or  postdoctoral program administrator, or the dean of a graduate  school or faculty, I hope that you, too, will be curious to read  further, because research advising is critically influenced by its  institutional culture, which defines what is encouraged as good  advising and might explain why bad advising is tolerated. I also anticipate that some graduate students will take a  peek into their own futures (or react to their present situations)  and be drawn to this book. Every relationship has at least two  participants, and although my primary audience is advisors, I  welcome graduate advisees to imagine themselves engaged in  the complex and demanding but so often supremely rewarding  role of research advisor. Why Should We Care about the Advisor-Advisee Relationship? There are many reasons. The dissertation and associated pub- lications, patents, or conference presentations are critical, and  for most of us in academe the ultimate reward is the recognition

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