Part 1. A Call to Normalize Careers Beyond the Academy. An Honest Assessment: The State of Graduate Education -- The Liberal Arts at Work: The Engaged PhD -- Diverse Careers, the Waning of the Prestige Regime, and the Rise of the Influence Economy in Academic Publishing -- The PhD Adviser-Advisee Relationship Reimagined for the 21st Century -- Out of the Field and Into the Woods: The PhD as Professional Compass -- Part 2. Beyond Plan B: Preparing for What's Next. First-Generation Students and the Mission of Graduate Study -- Building Professional Connections in Graduate School -- Building Skill and Career Development Opportunities on Campus for Graduate Students and Postdocs -- Expanding Horizons and Diversifying Skills: Transforming Graduate Curriculum -- Reimagining Graduate Pedagogy to Account for Career Diversity -- Preparing for a Digital Humanities Career -- Skill-Building and Thinking About Career Diversity for Graduate Students -- Afterword: Graduate Education: What's Next?
Summary:
"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 Reimagined PhD assembles an array of professionals to address this difficult issue. The contributors show that students, faculty, and administrators must collaborate in order to prepare the 21st century PhD for a wide range of careers. The volume also undercuts the insidious notion that career preparation is a zero sum game in which time spent preparing for alternate careers detracts from professorial training. In doing so, The Reimagined PhD normalizes the multiple career paths open to PhD students, while providing practical advice geared to help students, faculty, and administrators incorporate professional skills into graduate training, build career networks, and prepare PhDs for a variety of careers"-- Provided by publisher.
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