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Graduate Study for the Twenty-First Century: How to Build an Academic Career in the Humanities

By Michael Bérubé , Gregory M. Colon Semenza

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2010
ISBN
0230100333, 9780230100336
LCC
LB2371.4 .S46 2010
Open Library ID
OL23919791M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1499558 bytes)
Edition
Second Edition, Revised and Updated
Pages
361\361
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

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.

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