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The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It
Leonard Cassuto
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Description for The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It
Hardback. 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 they will join, inside and outside the academy. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
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 they will join, inside and outside the academy.
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 they will join, inside and outside the academy.
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
589g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674728981
SKU
V9780674728981
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99-1
About Leonard Cassuto
Leonard Cassuto is Professor of English at Fordham University.
Reviews for The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It
The volume is richly referenced and moves in soup-to-nuts fashion from graduate admissions to qualifying exams, the dissertation, the degree, and the job market. Prospective humanities graduate students, program directors, and faculty will probably find spending a few hours with Cassuto's book worth the investment.
(01/01/2016) Cassuto does more than just map the problems facing graduate students and graduate departments ... Read more
(01/01/2016) Cassuto does more than just map the problems facing graduate students and graduate departments ... Read more