Chronicles of Graduate School

About the Book

Chronicles of Graduate School is a candid, humorous, and self-disclosing account of one person s odyssey through America's doctoral training programs.

Dr. Cajal offers an honest and candid story of betrayal, trickery, pettiness, as well as inspiration, encouragement, and reinforcement. There's death, failure, and deceit. There's honor, dignity, and achievement.

This personal rendering is self-disclosing, sometimes self-deprecating, but often humorous and gripping. Dr. Cajal's fascination with his subject shines through as both a testament to his devotion and his perseverance. He is able to offer a unique perspective which illuminates and serves as a multifaceted object lesson about life and learning.

Dr. Cajal's attendance at four prominent graduate campuses in the East, Midwest, Rocky Mountain, and Western regions of the United States and his diplomas make him a rare authority on the nature of how students are treated academically and administratively as they move along the path of novice to published scholar.

About the Author

Jacob Charles Cajal, M.S., M.S., Ph.D., attended graduate schools in the Midwest, East, West, and Rocky Mountain states during the 1960?s as a student in Physiology, Neurosciences, and Psychology. Here is his story of the academic and administrative tribulations during those years. The stories serve as a humorous and candid report of how students are treated in graduate schools in America during the tumultuous years of development.