Description
| Product ID: | 9780230100336 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Graduate Study for the Twenty-First Century |
| Subtitle: | How to Build an Academic Career in the Humanities |
| Authors: | Author: G. Semenza |
| Page Count: | 340 |
| Subjects: | Higher education, tertiary education, Higher & further education, tertiary education |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating In a straightforward manner, Semenza identifies the obstacles along the path of the academic career and offers tangible advice. Fully revised and updated, this edition's new material on advising, electronic publishing, and the post-financial crisis humanities job market will help students negotiate the changing landscape of academia. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publisher Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2010-03-17 |
