November-December 2005

Features

Trained for Nothing
By Joseph Heathcott
The guild model of graduate training is out of date.

How to Grade a Dissertation
By Barbara E. Lovitts
Make the implicit explicit for your doctoral students.

Hey, Capitol Hill: Fund Graduate Education
By Philip Cohen
Good graduate schools make for good undergraduate teachers.

The Academic Job Market Is Bad for All of Us
By Ted I. K. Youn
We’re seeing increased inequality and stratification among faculty members and institutions.

Let's Keep the Dean After All
By Robert Weisbuch
Savvy graduate deans can push for real reforms, even on a tight budget.

Who Needs a Faculty Senate?
By Robin Matross Helms and Tanya Price
One college's faculty looks for some shared governance.

Disability Law and Your Classroom
By David Cope
Keep your standards while being fair to all your students.

“Thank You Very Much. That’s All the Time You Have”
By Timothy J. Madigan
Tough love at academic conferences.

Some Branches Were More Equal Than Others
By Richard Veit
Nothing could be finer than fair governance in Carolina.