The New PhD: A Renaissance of Public Education
FAIN: ZA-250622-16
CUNY Research Foundation, Graduate School and University Center (New York, NY 10016-4309)
Jennifer Furlong (Project Director: February 2016 to July 2018)
Planning
activities at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York encompass
three planning themes: 1) ways to integrate multiple career outcomes from the beginning of students’ experience in graduate school; 2) collecting and
publicly disseminating data about retention rates and students’ post-doctoral
career paths; 3) initiation of partnerships with non-academic
institutions.
PhD
students join Graduate Center humanities PhD programs because they want to
explore big ideas at the core of humanities, understanding issues of social
justice, historical contexts, and ethics. The goal of this project is to provide
them with the tools to use their ideas and training to make a positive impact
in our global society. This proposal convenes two groups, both a smaller, core
group and a larger planning group, of faculty members, alumni, current
students and administrators to discuss three pivotal issues at the Graduate
Center: our humanities doctoral curriculum, how we track our humanities PhD
career outcomes, and how we partner and network with alumni and employers to provide our students with a firm foundation for pursuing a range of
careers. In doing so, we will lay the groundwork for transforming the training
given to humanities PhDs.
Associated Products
The New PhD: A Renaissance of Public Engagement (Web Resource)Title: The New PhD: A Renaissance of Public Engagement
Author: Joseph Hill, Graduate Student, Theatre, Graduate Center
Author: Jennifer Furlong, Project Director
Abstract: This is the project website for “The New PhD: A Renaissance of Public Engagement.” Although the project has officially ended, this website continues to serve as a repository of the goals and ideas generated by the project’s planning committees.
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York was awarded a Next Generation Humanities Ph.D. Planning Grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for the 2016-2017 academic year. Planning activities at the Graduate Center encompassed three planning themes:
curriculum: ways to integrate multiple career outcomes early on in students’ experience in graduate school;
data: collecting and publicly disseminating data about retention rates and student post-doctoral career paths; and
partnerships: initiation of partnerships with non-academic institutions.
During the course of the grant, our planning committees met regularly to discuss desired changes for the Graduate Center and the implementation of those changes. Following each meeting, key ideas were documented on our project reports page.
Year: 2016
Primary URL:
https://nextgenphd.commons.gc.cuny.edu/Primary URL Description: A WordPress powered site on the Graduate Center's Academic Commons.