Graduate study for the twenty-first century
Subtitle: how to build an academic career in the humanities
By: Gregory M. Colón Semenza, with a foreword by Michael Bérubé
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Universities and colleges -- Graduate work -- United States; Humanities -- Study and teaching (Graduate) -- United States
Description: Many graduate students continue to be regarded as "apprentices" despite the fact that they are expected to design and teach their own classes, serve on university committees, and conference and publish regularly. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that the attrition rate for American Ph. D. programs is at an all-time high, between 40% and 50% (higher for women and minorities). Of those who finish, only one in three will secure tenure-track jobs. These statistics highlight waste: of millions of dollars by universities and of time and energy by students. Rather than teaching graduate students how to be graduate students, then, the guide prepares them for what they really seek: a successful academic career. - Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index