The Future of the Ph.D.
Future U Podcast - The Pulse of Higher Ed
English - February 20, 2024 05:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 118 ratingsCourses Education higher ed admissions education colleges universities college going to college higher education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Hosts Jeff Selingo and Michael Horn are joined by Dr. Len Cassuto, an author and professor at Fordham University, and focus their conversation on the role of PhD students and what the challenges in that part of academia might mean for higher ed. They dive into the subjects that Len explores in his new book, The New PhD: How to Build a Better Graduate Education, such as the changes that should be made to better prepare PhD students for their careers, and how universities might be exploiting free labor from students under the guise of an academic apprenticeship. The episode is sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Ascendium Education Group.
Links MentionedThe New PhD: How to Build a Better Graduate Education
Key Moments(0:00) - Intro
(3:19) - The state of PhD programs and graduate education.
(8:16) - Improving graduate education.
(13:25) - Ph.D. education and career diversity.
(19:03) - Graduate education and labor costs in higher education.
(26:20) - Preparing PhDs for career diversity and addressing challenges in higher education.
(38:33) - Redesigning PhD programs for a changing academic landscape.
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