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The reimagined PhD : navigating twenty-first century humanities education /

"Long seen as proving grounds for professors, PhD programs have begun to shed this singular sense of mission. Prompted by poor placement numbers and guided by the efforts of academic organizations, administrators and faculty are beginning to feel called to equip students for a range of careers....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Horinko, Leanne M. (Editor), Reed, Jordan M. (Editor), Van Wyck, James M. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021]
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Table of Contents:
  • An honest assessment: the state of graduate education / Robert Townsend
  • The liberal arts at work: the engaged PhD / Robert Weisbuch
  • Diverse careers, the waning of the prestige regime, and the rise of the influence economy in academic publishing / Michael J. McGandy
  • The PhD adviser-advisee relationship reimagined for the 21st century / Leonard Cassuto and James M. Van Wyck
  • Out of the field and into the woods: the PhD as professional compass
  • First-generation students and the mission of graduate study / Leanne M. Horinko and Jordan M. Reed
  • Building professional connections in graduate school / Joseph Vukov
  • Building skill and career development opportunities on campus for graduate students and postdocs
  • Expanding horizons and diversifying skills: transforming graduate curriculum / Karen S. Wilson and Stephen Aron
  • Reimagining graduate pedagogy to account for career diversity
  • Preparing for a digital humanities career / Will Fenton
  • Skill-building and thinking about career diversity for graduate students / Alexandra M. Lord