The Research Foundations of Graduate Education: Germany, Britain, France, United States, Japan

The Research Foundations of Graduate Education: Germany, Britain, France, United States, Japan, edited by Burton R. Clark, provides a comparative portrait of how five leading national systems connect research with advanced study. The essays examine both the broad organization of higher education and the day-to-day practices of graduate training, tracing how historical traditions, state policy, and disciplinary structures shape the education of researchers. Germany’s Humboldtian model of uni...