Graduate Study for the Twenty-First Century: How to Build an Academic Career in the Humanities

Differing from graduate school "survival guides," this book is the only book to confront the complex realities of graduate study in the humanities. Today, many graduate students are still regarded as "apprentices," despite the fact that they are expected to design and teach their own classes, serve on university committees, attend conferences, and publish regularly. Attrition rates for American Ph.D. programs are at an all-time high, and of those who finish, only one in three will secure te...