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  • The Reimagined PhD

    Navigating 21st Century Humanities Education

    by Leanne M Horinko, Jordan M Reed, James M Van Wyck, Leonard Cassuto, Robert Townsend, Robert Weisbuch, Michael J. McGandy0, Augusta Rohrbach1, Joseph M. Vukov2, Melissa Dalgleish3, Karen Wilson4, Stephen Aron5, Vernita Burrell6, William Fenton7, Alexandra M. Lord8, Paula Chambers9 ...
    Long seen as proving grounds for professors, PhD programs have begun to shed this singular sense of mission. Prompted by poor placement numbers and guided by the efforts of academic organizations, administrators and faculty are beginning to feel called to equip students for a range of careers. Yet, graduate students, faculty, and administrators often feel ill-prepared for this pivot. The ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • The New PhD

    How to Build a Better Graduate Education

    by Leonard Cassuto, Robert Weisbuch ...
    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 ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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  • Behind the Academic Curtain

    How to Find Success and Happiness with a PhD

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    More people than ever are going to graduate school to seek a PhD these days. When they get there, they discover a bewildering environment: a rapid immersion in their discipline, a keen competition for resources, and uncertain options for their future, whether inside or outside of academia. Life with a PhD can begin to resemble an unsolvable maze. In Behind the Academic Curtain, Frank F. ... Read more

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  • The Engaged Scholar

    Expanding the Impact of Academic Research in Today’s World

    by Andrew J. Hoffman ...
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  • Organizations and Organizing

    Rational, Natural and Open Systems Perspectives

    by W Richard Scott, Gerald F. Davis ...
    This broad, balanced introduction to organizational studies enables the reader to compare and contrast different approaches to the study of organizations. This book is a valuable tool for the reader, as we are all intertwined with organizations in one form or another. Numerous other disciplines besides sociology are addressed in this book, including economics, political science, strategy and ... Read more

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  • The New Public Service

    Serving, Not Steering

    by Janet V. Denhardt, Robert B. Denhardt ...
    The New Public Service: Serving, not Steering provides a framework for the many voices calling for the reaffirmation of democratic values, citizenship, and service in the public interest. It is organized around a set of seven core principles: (1) serve citizens, not customers; (2) seek the public interest; (3) value citizenship and public service above entrepreneurship; (4) think strategically, ... Read more

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  • In Defense of Disciplines

    Interdisciplinarity and Specialization in the Research University

    by Jerry A. Jacobs ...
    Calls for closer connections among disciplines can be heard throughout the world of scholarly research, from major universities to the National Institutes of Health. In Defense of Disciplines presents a fresh and daring analysis of the argument surrounding interdisciplinarity. Challenging the belief that blurring the boundaries between traditional academic fields promotes more integrated research ... Read more

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  • The Caring University

    Reimagining the Higher Education Workplace after the Great Resignation

    by Kevin R. McClure ...
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  • The Formation of Scholars

    Rethinking Doctoral Education for the Twenty-First Century

    by George E. Walker, Chris M. Golde, Laura Jones, Andrea Conklin Bueschel, Pat Hutchings ...
    Series Book 11 - Jossey-Bass/Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
    This groundbreaking book explores the current state of doctoral education in the United States and offers a plan for increasing the effectiveness of doctoral education. Programs must grapple with questions of purpose. The authors examine practices and elements of doctoral programs and show how they can be made more powerful by relying on principles of progressive development, integration, and ... Read more

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    Multistakeholder Partnerships for Solving Complex Problems

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  • Black, Brown, Bruised

    How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation

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    2022 PROSE Award FinalistDrawing on narratives from hundreds of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous individuals, Ebony Omotola McGee examines the experiences of underrepresented racially minoritized students and faculty members who have succeeded in STEM. Based on this extensive research, McGee advocates for structural and institutional changes to address racial discrimination, stereotyping, and hostile ... Read more

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