| The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix it Subjects: Universities and colleges -- United States -- Graduate work; Education Higher -- Study and teaching (Graduate) -- United States; Educational change -- United States; 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 Leonard : Leonard Cassuto is Professor of English at Fordham University. |