Married To? Balancing Graduate School

¶ … married to? Balancing Graduate School and Marriage" by Labosier and Labosier. The article is about the burdens of graduate school and the stresses this can place on the students in attempting to balance their studies with the rest of their lives. The paper is a summary and recounting of the authors' experiences in this regard. One author is a doctoral student and the other is his spouse. The authors are not qualified specifically in this field of expertise on than through personal experience, nor is this paper a study of any type. The paper is merely anecdotal, and was not published in an academic journal, but rather the journal of some "Greek" society. It is perhaps valuable reading from that anecdotal perspective, but does not qualify as an academic research study.

The second article is "The 7 habits of highly effective technology leaders" by Andriole. This paper is an overview of habits of certain leaders. The source information is an ongoing survey, so there is some attempt to filter out data that is not supported by at least some evidence. The survey was not conducted in a scientific manner, but was more casual in nature. The discussion about the seven habits is not specifically based on the survey data. The article does not draw its conclusions from any quantitative analysis, and there is actually little connection made between the survey and the article content. As such, this is not an academic work, but rather one of mainstream management writing. The author is a professor, but that alone does not give the author specific credentials with respect to this area of study. The study must stand on its own structural merits; in this case, it does not. The author is writing more in his capacity as a consultant, something that he does in addition to his professorial duties. It is important to understand that the work must be academic in nature, not just the author. In this case, the work is also not published in a period-reviewed journal, which highlights the fact that it has not been subject to academic rigor.

The third article is "Teaching effectively and efficiently: Strategies for graduate students" by Salim. This article discusses the role of graduate students in teaching others. The author provides insight into the teaching process, and seeks to give lessons to graduate students with respect to improving their own teaching skills. The author notes that time management is a critical challenge when juggling teaching duties. This work is something of a primer to help graduate students meet the challenges associated with being both students and instructors. The work is not academic in any way, nor is it published in an academic journal. The author is a member of faculty, but again this does not mean that the article is strictly academic in nature. Rather, the content constitutes advice to graduate students, rather than the results of any particular study. The information has been compiled largely through informal and anecdotal means, and it is by these means that it is being transmitted to the reader as well.