Graduate Study for the Twenty-First Century

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Graduate Study for the Twenty-First Century is written by Gregory M. Colón Semenza and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1403979340 (ISBN 10) and 9781403979346 (ISBN 13).

Many graduate students continue to be regarded as 'apprentices' despite the fact that they are expected to design and teach their own classes, serve on university committees, and conference and publish regularly. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that the attrition rate for American Ph.D. programmes is at an all-time high, between 40% and 50% (higher for women and minorities). Of those who finish, only one in three will secure tenure-track jobs. These statistics highlight waste: of millions of dollars by universities and of time and energy by students. Rather than teaching graduate students how to be graduate students, then, the guide prepares them for what they really seek: a successful academic career.