Education of Historians for the Twenty-First Century

Name: Education of Historians for the Twenty-First Century
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ISBN: 9780252071652

ISBN-10: 0252071654

ISBN-13: 9780252071652

Edition: 2004

Authors: Thomas Bender, Committee on Graduate Education Staff American Historical Association, Philip M. Katz, Colin Palmer, Committee on Graduate Education

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In 1962, the American Historical Association published a detailed examination of the state of graduate history education in the United States. Addressing such issues as the supply and demand for teachers, student recruitment, and the best training for advanced degrees, the report set a benchmark against which to judge the study of history. Four decades later, with a substantial grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the AHA has returned to these issues. The Education of Historians for the Twenty-first Century documents the remarkable conclusions of this new study. Both the American academy and the study of history have been dramatically transformed since the original…

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List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 11/19/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Report and Recommendations



We Historians


Defining Who We Are


The Golden Age Legacy


Historical Perspective


The Future of the Discipline


Education for the Future


Generational Succession in the Academy


Public and Private Universities


The Challenge



Necessary Discussions


Departmental Culture


Departmental Mission and Program Requirements


Field Examinations


Fields


Language Study


Introductory Course


Interdisciplinarity and Theory


World History


Undergraduate Education and the Education of Teachers


Common Education, Plural Careers


Directors of Graduate Studies and Graduate Administrators


Professionalism and Premature Professionalization


Program Size, Funding, and Diversity


Graduate Assistants and Unions


Foreign Area Studies


New Technologies


Centers for Teaching Excellence


Preparing Future Faculty


Publication and Tenure


The Matrix of Responsibilities


The American Historical Association



Recommendations


Program Size


Program Information and Recruitment


Funding


Master's Degree and Doctoral Education


Director of Graduate Studies, Placement Officer, and Staff Support


Mentoring


Annual Review


Retention and Attrition


Grievance Procedures


A Space of Their Own


Placement


Intellectual Community


Dissertation Seminars


Preparation for Teaching


Internships


Professional Ethics and Practices


Citizenship


The American Historical Association



Foundations



The National Shape of Doctoral Education: A Survey of Graduate Programs


A Preliminary Sounding


Concern


Complexity


Change


Careers in Transition


Complacency


(Mis)communication between Faculty and Graduate Students


Conclusion



Consultations with the Discipline



List of Respondents to the Graduate Program Survey



Survey Instrument and Numerical Results, AHA Survey of Doctoral Programs in History (Spring 2001)


Selected Bibliography on Graduate Training and Historians


Index