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Resources on Graduate Education

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Books

Lovitts, Barbara. Leaving the Ivory Tower. Lanham, MD: Roman and Littlefield, 2001.

Nettles, Michael T., and Catherine Millett.  Three Magic Letters: Getting to Ph.D. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Golde, Chris M., and George E. Walker, Eds. Envisioning the Future of Doctoral Education: Preparing Stewards of the Discipline. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006.

Articles

Brill, Arthur S. and Larson, Daniel J. "Are We Training Our Students for Real Jobs?" Academe, November-December 1995.

Cherwitz, R., Darwin, T., Grund, L. "Learning to be a Citizen-Scholar," Chronicle of Higher Education, December 3, 2001. chronicle.com/jobs/news/2001/12/2001120302c.htm

Jones, Elka. "Beyond Supply and Demand: Assessing the PhD Job Market," Occupational Outlook Quarterly, Winter 2002-2003. www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2002/winter/art03.pdf (PDF)

Nyquist, Jody D. "The Ph.D.: A Tapestry of Change for the 21st Century," Change, November/December 2002.

Smith, Chris. "Life Begins at 33.8," University of Chicago Magazine, June 2001. http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0106/features/life.html

Vanderkam, Laura, "System Wastes Ph.D. Brainpower," USA Today, May 19, 2003.

Studies

PhD Completion Project – Three-year, grant-funded project that will address the issues surrounding Ph.D. completion and attrition

Survey on Doctoral Program Education and Career Preparation - A national survey of more than 4,000 doctoral students that explores their expectations and preparation.

Initiatives

The Woodrow Wilson Foundation - An independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to the encouragement of excellence in education through the identification of critical needs and the development of effective national programs to address them.

The Responsive Ph.D. - The Woodrow Wilson effort to sharpen into major recommendations for change the findings of several recent studies and projects on doctoral education

Re-envisioning the Ph.D. - An initiative to explore new opportunities for the Ph.D. in the 21st century.

The Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate - A multi-year research and action project to support departments' efforts to more purposefully structure their doctoral programs

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