The Graduate School Mess

By Leonard Cassuto

Subjects: Higher Education, Universities and colleges, Study and teaching (Graduate), Educational change, Universities and colleges, united states, Graduate work, Education, study and teaching

Description: 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. Publisher