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The latest article about how our model of graduate education is broken:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/opinion/27taylor.html?th=&emc=th&pagewanted=all
I'd love to hear some thoughts about this. Even though the author loses me a bit when he starts in on his suggestions, I found this a usefully provocative read--especially because, for once, it doesn't blame or castigate people who have chosen to do graduate work.
Also, let me admit that when I read the sentence, "A colleague recently boasted to me that his best student was doing his dissertation on how the medieval theologian Duns Scotus used citations," my first thought was, "Whoa, what a cool topic!"
Hope everyone is having a good Monday!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/opinion/27taylor.html?th=&emc=th&pagewanted=all
I'd love to hear some thoughts about this. Even though the author loses me a bit when he starts in on his suggestions, I found this a usefully provocative read--especially because, for once, it doesn't blame or castigate people who have chosen to do graduate work.
Also, let me admit that when I read the sentence, "A colleague recently boasted to me that his best student was doing his dissertation on how the medieval theologian Duns Scotus used citations," my first thought was, "Whoa, what a cool topic!"
Hope everyone is having a good Monday!