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Strategies for Maintaining Sanity and Success

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The number of women enrolled in graduate programs in the U.S. exceeds that of men (Snyder, 2009). Nevertheless, women have not advanced through the academic ranks at the same rate as their male counterparts (Mason & Goulden, 2004).

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    Heather Wyatt-Nichol

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  1. Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia

    Athena Vongalis-Macrow

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Wyatt-Nichol, H. (2014). Strategies for Maintaining Sanity and Success. In: Vongalis-Macrow, A. (eds) Career Moves. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-485-7_2

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