The education of historians for the twenty-first century /Thomas Bender ... [and others. 

 - Urbana :  Published for the American Historical Association by the University of Illinois Press,  (c)2004. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Cover --  Title Page --  Copyright Page --  Contents --  Acknowledgments --  Introduction --  Part 1: Report and Recommendations --  1. WE HISTORIANS --  Defining Who We Are --  The Golden Age Legacy --  Historical Perspective --  The Future of the Discipline --  Education for the Future --  Generational Succession in the Academy --  Public and Private Universities --  The Challenge --  2. NECESSARY DISCUSSIONS --  Departmental Culture --  Departmental Mission and Program Requirements --  Field Examinations --  Fields --  Language Study --  Introductory Course Interdisciplinarity and TheoryWorld History --  Undergraduate Education and the Education of Teachers --  Common Education, Plural Careers --  Directors of Graduate Studies and Graduate Administrators --  Professionalism and Premature Professionalization --  Program Size, Funding, and Diversity --  Graduate Assistants and Unions --  Foreign Area Studies --  New Technologies --  Centers for Teaching Excellence/Preparing Future Faculty --  Publication and Tenure --  The Matrix of Responsibilities --  The American Historical Association --  3. RECOMMENDATIONS Program SizeProgram Information and Recruitment --  Funding --  Master's Degree and Doctoral Education --  Director of Graduate Studies, Placement Officer, and Staff Support --  Mentoring --  Annual Review --  Retention and Attrition --  Grievance Procedures --  A Space of Their Own --  Placement --  Intellectual Community --  Dissertation Seminars --  Preparation for Teaching --  Internships --  Professional Ethics and Practices --  Citizenship --  The American Historical Association --  Part 2: Foundations 4. THE NATIONAL SHAPE OF DOCTORAL EDUCATION: A SURVEY OF GRADUATE PROGRAMSA Preliminary Sounding --  Concern --  Complexity --  Change --  Careers in Transition --  Complacency --  (Mis)communication between Faculty and Graduate Students --  Conclusion --  Appendix A: Consultations with the Discipline --  Appendix B: List of Respondents to the Graduate Program Survey --  Appendix C: Survey Instrument and Numerical Results, AHA Survey of Doctoral Programs in History (Spring 2001) --  Selected Bibliography on Graduate Training and Historians --  Index 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780252090493 9781283097468 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019718386 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>History--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.<br/>Historians--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D16  / .E383 2004