Getting my learning on

[cyrano]

Looking for scholarly advice. How would one, finding one's self in a new area, discover what the local schools are--specifically universities and colleges--and determine which of them have decent or good reputations regarding, say for instance, teaching History or Political Science?

Also? If I'm going to feel hung over then the least I could do is get drunk the night before. Maybe it was all the double eeps.

Comments

[lil-m-moses.livejournal.com]

One might start by googling "Michigan Colleges," which yields this site. Beyond that, one might google a particular school name and the name of the desired program. Or, at least, that's what this one would do. =)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

JFGI.com I suppose. (:
(Actually, apparently jfgi.com is for the Jewish Confederacy of Greater Indianapolis. Learn something new every day!)

[wildpaletz.livejournal.com]

I would talk to your local guidepersons (like, friends, friends of friends who live around there). I showed this post to Chris, btw, and he says you are probably too far away to easily go to University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, which is a really good school in your greater urban area.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

It sounds really good. But yeah, an hour/hour and a half commute every day is not something I'm prepared for without BART.

[tara-knight.livejournal.com]

Two of my psychology professors went to Central Michigan University, which is not that far from Lake Orion. (They were among the better professors and are really nice.)

I know that you are looking in a different field, but that may help you...

*hugs*

[tara-knight.livejournal.com]

I also found this: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=lake+orion&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Lake+Orion,+MI&gl=us&ei=HnuVS7-5NoKAswPZh-3wBg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CAwQ8gEwAA

which may help figure out where the schools are.

I am looking for graduate schools and I look at their websites to get a sense of what the school is like. If their website is bad, I do hold it against them. :) Also, try Yelp!

[yukonsally]

look up Michigan colleges and universities, then look up each school on google. Ask admissions and advisors about job placement, if they will help you get a job after graduation. Look for the school's profs listed in conferences and journals to see if they are presenting and publishing. What have the grads gone on to do? Are the grads themselves now profs or in the actually in the profession?

[pielology.livejournal.com]

Find someone who is the sort of person who might hire or work with graduates of local schools in the areas you're interested in, and ask them.

[scarywhitegirl.livejournal.com]

Back when I was looking at Ph.D. programs, my advisor had a big book of history programs, where he could look and find out what professors were at each school, and what their specialties were. Of course, the book turned out to be slightly out of date (the immigration historian had retired by the time I got to my school of choice), but I suspect that finding a book of this sort at a local library, plus some internet research, might serve you.

(Of course I have no title for said book. :) )