Chronicle of Higher Education: Crisis in graduate education in the humanities?
Nothing to do directly with the NCAH, but certainly of interest to anyone who is an educator in the humanities. This is a cut-and-paste out of an email I received this week. (You need a subscription to the Chronicle to read the full text of several of the articles, which are quite thoughtful and thought provoking. Most are open to all readers.)
This Week’s Highlights: a Special Issue on the Crisis in Graduate Education in the Humanities
| Facing Facts By Peter Conn It may be that the current dilemma is part of a long, cyclic history. Or it may be that something more serious is going on. |
| Profess, Don’t Oppress By Lee S. Shulman The salvation of doctoral programs may come, at least in part, from embracing what might seem to be an opposing model: education in the professions. |
| Where’s the Data? By Frank Donoghue The notion of a measurable job-placement rate is bandied about by English departments, but it’s always a misleading fiction. |
| Forum: Do We Need to Overhaul Graduate Education? Does graduate education need reform? The Chronicle Review asked a variety of thinkers to weigh in. |
| A Useful Crisis By Richard A. Greenwald Graduate education in the humanities faces a crisis. Let’s not waste it. |
| Clueless By David D. Perlmutter Were tenured professors to blame for your career prospects? |
A Letter From a Grad Student
By Katharine Polak
Dear Professors: We don’t want your pity, just your help.
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