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Graduate study for the twenty-first century : how to build an academic career in the humanities / Gregory M. Colón Semenza, with a foreword by Michael Bérubé.

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Graduate study for the twenty-first century : how to build an academic career in the humanities / Gregory M. Colón Semenza, with a foreword by Michael Bérubé.
Author
Semenza, Gregory M. Colón, 1972-
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

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xvi, 319 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
Many graduate students continue to be regarded as "apprentices" despite the fact that they are expected to design and teach their own classes, serve on university committees, and conference and publish regularly. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that the attrition rate for American Ph. D. programs is at an all-time high, between 40% and 50% (higher for women and minorities). Of those who finish, only one in three will secure tenure-track jobs. These statistics highlight waste: of millions of dollars by universities and of time and energy by students. Rather than teaching graduate students how to be graduate students, then, the guide prepares them for what they really seek: a successful academic career. - Publisher.
Uniform Title
ebrary.
Alternative Title
Graduate study for the 21st century
Subject
  • Universities and colleges > Graduate work > United States
  • Humanities > Study and teaching (Graduate) > United States
  • Universities and colleges > United States > Graduate work
  • EDUCATION > Higher
  • Humanities > Study and teaching (Graduate)
  • Universities and colleges > Graduate work
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-311) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Culture of a Graduate Program -- The Structure of a Graduate Career -- Organization and Time Management -- The Graduate Seminar -- The Seminar Paper -- Teaching -- Exams -- The Dissertation -- Attending Conferences -- Publishing -- Service and Participation -- The Job Market.
ISBN
  • 1403969353 (alk. paper)
  • 1403969361 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2005048822
OCLC
  • 60543233
  • SCSB-12584641
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Harvard Library