{"product_id":"the-new-phd-9781421439761","title":"The New PhD","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines the failed graduate school reforms of the past and presents a plan for a practical and sustainable PhD.   For too many students, today's PhD is a bridge to nowhere. Imagine an entering cohort of eight doctoral students. By current statistics, four of the eight50%!will not complete the degree. Of the other four, two will never secure full-time academic positions. The remaining pair will find full-time teaching jobs, likely at teaching-intensive institutions. And maybe, just maybe, one of them will garner a position at a research university like the one where those eight students began graduate school. But all eight members of that original group will be trained according to the needs of that single one of them who might snag a job at a research university. Graduate school has been preparing students for jobs that don't existand preparing them to want those jobs above all others. In The New PhD, Leonard Cassuto and Robert Weisbuch argue that universities need to ready \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust in time comes a new book that suggests a set of reforms and innovations meant to transform doctoral education into a more student-centered, career-diverse, socially engaged enterprise that enlarges the possibilities for students and expands the benefits for society.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction. Why We Need a New PhD and How We Can Create One \u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Then and Now: Two Recent Eras of Reform\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Purpose, Then Path: A Practical Guide to Starting the Conversation\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Career Diversity: A Liberal Arts Approach to the PhD\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Admissions and Attrition\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Student Support and Time to Degree\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Curing the Curriculum and Examining the Exam\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Advising\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Students as Teachers\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Degrees: What Should They Look Like? What Should They Do?\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Public Scholarship: What It Is, Where It Came From, and What It Requires\u003cbr\u003eConclusion. From Words to Actions\u003cbr\u003ePostscript\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866940256599,"sku":"9781421439761","price":26.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421439761.jpg?v=1722281000","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-new-phd-9781421439761","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}