TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bender,Thomas H.
ED  - American Historical Association
TI  - The education of historians for the twenty-first century
SN  - 9780252071652 (pbk)
AV  - D 16.3 E24 2004
U1  - 907/.1/173 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Urbana
PB  - Published for the American Historical Association by the University of Illinois Press
KW  - Historia
KW  - Enseñanza
KW  - Historiadores
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Enseñanza superior
KW  - Métodos de enseñanza
KW  - History
KW  - Study and teaching (Higher)
KW  - United States
KW  - Historians
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-216) and index; Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Report and Recommendations
1. We Historians
Defining Who We Are / The Golden Age Legacy / 
Historical Perspective / The Future of the Discipline / 
Education for the Future / Generational Succession in 
the Academy / Public and Private Universities / The 
Challenge
2. Necessary Discussions
Departmental Culture / Departmental Mission and Program 
Requirements / Field Examinations / Fields / Language 
Study / Introductory Course / Interdisciplinarity and 
Theory / World History / Undergraduate Education and 
the Education of Teachers / Common Education, Plural 
Careers / Directors of Graduate Studies and Graduate 
Administrators / Professionalism and Premature 
Professionalization / Program Size, Funding, and 
Diversity / Graduate Assistants and Unions / Foreign 
Area Studies / New Technologies / Centers for Teaching 
Excellence/Preparing Future Faculty / Publication and 
Tenure / The Matrix of Responsibilities / The American 
Historical Association
3. Recommendations
Program Size / Program Information and Recruitment / 
Funding / Masters Degree and Doctoral Education / 
Director of Graduate Studies, Placement Officer, and 
Staff Support / Mentoring / Annual Review / Retention 
and Attrition / Grievance Procedures / A Space of Their 
Own / Placement / Intellectual Community / Dissertation 
Seminars / Preparation for Teaching / Internships / 
Professional Ethics and Practices / Citizenship / 
American Historical Association
Part 2: Foundations
4. The National Shape of Doctoral Education: A Survey of 
Graduate Programs
A Preliminary Sounding / Concern / Complexity / Change 
/ Careers in Transition / Complacency / 
(Mis)communication between Faculty and Graduate 
Students / Conclusion
Appendix A: Consultations with the Discipline
Appendix B: List of Respondents to the Graduate Program 
Survey
Appendix C: Survey Instrument and Numerical Results, AHA 
Survey of Doctoral Programs in History (Spring 2001)
Selected Bibliography on Graduate Training and Historians
Index
N2  - Offering an examination and analysis of histroy education in American colleges and univerities, this report explains why and offers recommendations for improving the state of graduate education. It includes recommendations for handling institutional challenges, as well as advice for those involved in the advanced training of historians.
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip045/2003012758.html
ER  -