Cassuto, Leonard, 1960-

The new PhD : how to build a better graduate education / Leonard Cassuto and Robert Weisbuch. - 400 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contenidos: Introduction: Why We Need a New PhD and How We Can Create One

Chapter 1: Then and Now: Two Recent Eras of Reform

Chapter 2: Purpose, Then Path: A Practical Guide to Starting the Conversation

Chapter 3: Career Diversity: A Liberal Arts Approach to the PhD

Chapter 4: Admissions and Attrition

Chapter 5: Student Support and Time to Degree

Chapter 6: Curing the Curriculum and Examining the Exam

Chapter 7: Advising

Chapter 8: Students as Teachers

Chapter 9: Degrees: What Should They Look Like? What Should They Do?

Chapter 10: Public Scholarship: What It Is, Where It Came From, and What It Requires

Conclusion: From Words to Actions

Postscript

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

"This book is a guide to fixing dysfunctional PhD education. It is written for faculty, administrators, students, and the interested general public. The coauthors discovered a surprising degree of consensus on what's wrong with doctoral programs, from admissions judgments to career outcomes. Out of their study of what went wrong, the coauthors propose a method and a model for student-centered change in doctoral education"--

9781421439761

2020011604


Doctor of philosophy degree.

LB2386 / .C376 2021

378.2/42