Educating scholars : doctoral education in the humanities /

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Imprint:	Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 348 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Humanities -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States. Doctor of philosophy degree -- United States. Scholars -- United States. Learning and scholarship -- United States. Universities and colleges -- United States -- Graduate work. Doctor of philosophy degree. Humanities -- Study and teaching (Higher) Learning and scholarship. Scholars. Universities and colleges -- Graduate work. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11228450

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Other authors / contributors:	Ehrenberg, Ronald G.
ISBN:	9781400831524 1400831520 1282463268 9781282463264 9780691142661 0691142661 1282935771 9781282935778 9786612935770 6612935774 9786612463266 6612463260
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-336) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Despite the worldwide prestige of America's doctoral programs in the humanities, all is not well in this area of higher education and hasn't been for some time. The content of graduate programs has undergone major changes, while high rates of student attrition, long times to degree, and financial burdens prevail. In response, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 1991 launched the Graduate Education Initiative (GEI), the largest effort ever undertaken to improve doctoral programs in the humanities and related social sciences. The only book to focus exclusively on the current state of doctoral edu.
Other form:	Print version: Educating scholars. Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2010 9780691142661

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