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The reimagined PhD : navigating twenty-first century humanities education / edited by Leanne M. Horinko, Jordan M. Reed, and James M. Van Wyck.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextDescription: 1 online resource (xix, 226 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781978809154
  • 9781978809130
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • LB2386 .R456 2021
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Contents:
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
Subject: "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. Yet, graduate students, faculty, and administrators often feel ill-prepared for this pivot. The Reimagined PhD assembles an array of professionals to address this difficult issue. The contributors show that students, faculty, and administrators must collaborate in order to prepare the 21st century PhD for a wide range of careers. The volume also undercuts the insidious notion that career preparation is a zero sum game in which time spent preparing for alternate careers detracts from professorial training. In doing so, The Reimagined PhD normalizes the multiple career paths open to PhD students, while providing practical advice geared to help students, faculty, and administrators incorporate professional skills into graduate training, build career networks, and prepare PhDs for a variety of careers"--
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"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. Yet, graduate students, faculty, and administrators often feel ill-prepared for this pivot. The Reimagined PhD assembles an array of professionals to address this difficult issue. The contributors show that students, faculty, and administrators must collaborate in order to prepare the 21st century PhD for a wide range of careers. The volume also undercuts the insidious notion that career preparation is a zero sum game in which time spent preparing for alternate careers detracts from professorial training. In doing so, The Reimagined PhD normalizes the multiple career paths open to PhD students, while providing practical advice geared to help students, faculty, and administrators incorporate professional skills into graduate training, build career networks, and prepare PhDs for a variety of careers"--

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

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