The New PhD: How to Build a Better Graduate Education

by Robert Weisbuch and Leonard Cassuto

This book examines the failed graduate school reforms of the past and presents a plan for a practical and sustainable PhD.

For too many students, today's PhD is a bridge to nowhere. Imagine an entering cohort of eight doctoral students. By current statistics, four of the eight--50%!--will not complete the degree. Of the other four, two will never secure full-time academic positions. The remaining pair will find full-time teaching jobs,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 142143976X
• ISBN13: 9781421439761
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"