The Graduate School Mess : : What Caused It and How We Can Fix It / / Leonard Cassuto.

American graduate education is in disarray. Graduate study in the humanities takes too long and those who succeed face a dismal academic job market. Leonard Cassuto gives practical advice about how faculty can teach and advise students so that they are prepared for the demands of the working worlds...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 2 line illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: In Search of a Usable Future
  • 1. Admissions
  • 2. Classwork: The Graduate Seminar and Beyond
  • 3. The Comprehensive Exam: Capstone or Cornerstone?
  • 4. Advising
  • 5. Degrees
  • 6. Professionalization
  • 7. The Job Market Reconceived
  • Conclusion: In Search of an Ethic
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index