The Graduate School Mess

Posted on 15 January 2018 by Leonard Cassuto

It is no secret that American graduate education is in disarray Graduate students take too long to complete their studies and face a dismal academic job market if they succeed The Graduate School Mess gets to the root of these problems and offers concrete solutions for revitalizing graduate education in the humanities Leonard Cassuto, professor and graduate education columnist for The Chronicle of Higher Education, argues that universities heavy emphasis on research comes at the expense of teaching But teaching is where reforming graduate school must begin.Cassuto says that graduate education must recover its mission of public service Professors should revamp the graduate curriculum and broaden its narrow definition of success to allow students to create fulfilling lives for themselves both inside and outside the academy Cassuto frames the current situation foremost as a teaching problem professors rarely prepare graduate students for the demands of the working worlds they will actually join He gives practical advice about how faculty can teach and advise graduate students by committing to a student centered approach.In chapters that follow the career of the graduate student from admissions to the dissertation and placement, Cassuto considers how each stage of graduate education is shaped by unexamined assumptions and ancient prejudices that need to be critically confronted Written with verve and infused with history, The Graduate School Mess returns our national conversation about graduate study in the humanities to first principles. Free Download The Graduate School Mess [ by ] Leonard Cassuto [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr This is the first book that I ve abandoned at the halfway point all year It s a shame because it sets me back on my annual goal I began it because, as many of you will recall, I dream of going to grad school, and the title appealed to my pessimistic worldview, which is to want to hear the bad news first Of course, there s optimism in that, too I want to hear the bad news so I can strategize to deal with it While the book was not much fun to read, it was certainly informative Then at about This is the first book that I ve abandoned at the halfway point all year It s a shame because it sets me back ...I want to get this book into the hands of every director of graduate studies in every doctoral program in the US Cassuto focuses on the humanities, as that is his area, and the sciences social sciences do differ i...This book came to my attention after it was selected by my graduate department for a community book club event, and I was too late to attend the event but I snagged a copy to read anyways and I m really glad I did.Leonard Cassuto is a professor of English, and although much of his focus tends to slip into the humanities, he does an admirable job of covering as much of academia as he can I think my biggest criticism of the book is that it s almost too rife with illustrative examples, as some sec This book came to my attention after it was selected by my graduate department for a community book club event, and I was too late to attend the event but I snagged a copy to read anyways and I ...An insightful and eye opening look at the state of graduate education Cassuto gives readers a look back at when and why graduate education became a fixture in our society and how it needs to do a self assessment as to where it will fit moving forward An engaging read, it is a...An interesting and terrifying book about how graduate schools are failing their graduate students The book is primarily focuses on the humanities specifically history , but a lot of what Cassuto discusses will apply to most arts and sciences departments in general What s nice about Cassuto is that he puts a lot of what other academics have been complaining about into historical context to tell us how we have arrived at this low point for American academics Part of the problem, Cassuto believ An interesting and terrifying book about how graduate schools are failing their graduate students The book is primarily focuses on the humanities specifically history , but a lot of what Cassuto discusses will apply to most arts and sciences departments in general What s nice about Cassuto is...

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15 January 2018

Leonard Cassuto