“This is an extremely useful and readable guidebook for anyone in graduate education. Shore clearly understands that advising is the signature feature of a graduate student’s degree experience, and he makes a persuasive case against the proverbial sink-or-swim approach that many faculty may have themselves experienced. Instead, Shore shows that there is much to gain if faculty, students, and universities adopt what he calls a ’student-centered’ approach to advising.”

Patrick S. Osmer, vice provost for graduate studies and dean of the Graduate School, The Ohio State University

“Bruce M. Shore’s valuable and timely The Graduate Advisor’s Handbook concludes with a paragraph entitled ‘Do It Right.’ Indeed. Too many advisors—and faculty—still adhere to the sink-or-swim philosophy of graduate study. Shore’s detailed recommendations carefully balance the talents, needs, and status of graduate students with the skills, assistance, and authority of graduate faculty. Why be attentive to the rubrics of advising? Shore makes it crystal clear. ‘Graduate education is about students emerging as colleagues.’ Ill-considered advising cheats students and damages our disciplines. ‘Do it right.’”

G. Dennis O'Brien, former president, University of Rochester

“Most faculty want to do well by their students, and most of them do, but nearly all find some situations awkward, think less than they should about their students as people with full, complex lives, or find it difficult to strike the right balance in their advising relationships. Shore’s experience as both an advisor and an administrator allows him to speak from experience and write with insight about how to better handle the various situations in which graduate advisors and their students may find themselves.”

Victor A. Bloomfield, University of Wisconsin–Madison

“This is a terrifically helpful guide that is thoughtful and comprehensive, while being concise and readable. I feel confident I will be a better graduate advisor for having read it.”

Lorraine Lopez, Vanderbilt University

"Good graduate student advising is both an art and a science. But what books there are on good advising tend to focus on the science: how to tackle the dissertation, part by part, or how to help a student secure funding. So what about those more nuanced, personal aspects of advising, such as how to help a student through a major life transition? Or what to say when he discloses something private, such as the fact that he has a learning disability? . . . Shore, professor emeritus of educational psychology at McGill University, wrote The Graduate Advisor Handbook: A Student-Centered Approach to pass on what he learned over more than 40 years as a professor and to fill a perceived gap in the literature."

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