September 2009| Vol. 7 No. 3
COVER PACKAGE: The internship puzzle
- For students, the internship imbalance means emotional and financial pain
- Match day mythology
As you prepare for internship match day, be sure to know fact from folklore.
- Positive steps for less application stress
- The internship puzzle
Record numbers of psychology students who want doctoral internships are coming up empty-handed. Here's how training councils, doctoral programs and APA are working to solve the problem.
CAREER CENTER
Postgrad growth area: Environmental psychologyPsychologists are increasingly at the forefront of efforts to protect the planet.
Your ethics and professional conduct crib sheetAdvice on ethical challenges brought about by technology, globalization and the influence of private industry.
The client next door
CLASS ACT
The student who wouldn't take no for an answerWhen Mark Holbrook didn't get the internship he wanted, he set out to design his own.
DEGREE IN SIGHT
Dissertation roadblocksFaced with a surly committee, inhospitable IRB or reticent participants? It's usually better to adjust your course than start over, students and professors say.
Break your bad habitsPulling all-nighters? Trying to do too many things at once? These are among the top 10 tendencies that can keep you from grad school success. Here's how to overcome them.
The Latest
- Earning your doctorate sooner may give you an edge
- Is a U.S. education becoming too costly for international students?
- Stimulus money means more mental health jobs
- Grad student becomes an association insider
- A tough job market
- Ohio grad student first to be honored with APA advocacy award
- Students visit Capitol Hill to share health-care concerns with Congress
