Archived News: January - February, 2002

Other Issues

• April - June, 2003
• January - March, 2003
• October - December, 2002
• June - September, 2002
• March - May, 2002
• December, 2001
• November, 2001

Topics

New Ideas in Doctoral Education
Studies and Statistics
New Faculty Issues
In and Out of Academia
New Promising Practices added to our collection

Headlines this Month

• Orlando Taylor's (Dean, Howard University) presentation at the Professional and Organizational Development Network 26th Annual Conference, "Preparing Future Faculty for a New Generation: Challenges and Opportunities."

• Sandra Hines. (2001, December 6). "Urban Ecology: Collaborative Program Prepares Students for Real World." University Week (University of Washington).

• Elizabeth Farrell. (2001, November 26). "Number of Ph.D.'s Awarded Rises Slightly After a
  1-Year Dip." The Chronicle of Higher Education.

• Ronald Roach. (2001, November 22). "Model Project: Focused on steering minorities toward business doctorates, the PhD Project works as a successful model for other minority student doctoral initiatives." Black Issues in Higher Education (www.blackissues.com).

New Ideas in Doctoral Education

• Cary Nelson and Barbara E. Lovitts. (2001, June 29). "10 Ways to Keep Graduate Students From Quitting." The Chronicle of Higher Education.

• Robert Weisbuch.  (2001, September 4). “The Year of Full Employment.” The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Studies and Statistics

• Phillip Katz. (2001, April). "CGE's E-Mail Survey Focuses on Challenges in Graduate Training." AHA's activities column, Perspectives Online.

• National Center for Educational Statistics. (2001, December). "Postsecondary Institutions in the United States: Fall 2001 and Degrees and Other Awards Conferred: 1999-2000."

New Faculty Issues

• New England Resource Center for Higher Education. (2001). "Brief 7: New Faculty: Preparing for the Next Wave of Faculty." New England Resource Center for Higher Education. 

• Cathy A. Trower, Ann E. Austin, and Mary Deane Sorcinelli. (2001, May). "Paradise Lost: How the Academy Converts Enthusiastic Recruits into Early-Career Doubters." AAHE Bulletin.

• Jack Miles. "Three Differences Between an Academic and an Intellectual: What Happens to the Liberal Arts when They are Kicked off Campus?" Retrieved from Cross Currents website on December 17, 2001: www.crosscurrents.org.

• Kevin Walzer. (2001, May 25). "Sellout Studies and Scholarship." The Chronicle of Higher Education--Career Network. 

• Gabriela Montell. (2001, December 21). "English Ph.D.'s Continue to Face a Tough Market." The Chronicle of Higher Education.

New Promising Practices in Doctoral Education

• Joint Doctorate in Education at San Diego State University-University of San Diego
• English 999 Dissertation Workshop at the University of New Hampshire
• English 924 at the University of New Hampshire
• Mentoring Bookmarks at Arizona State University
• Faculty Partners Program at the Catholic University of America
• Business Basics: Opportunities Requirements and Complexities at Columbia University
• Synergy Groups at the University of Texas - Austin
• Graduate School Consulting Service at the University of Texas - Austin
• The Center for History and New Media at George Mason University
• GTA Mentoring Program at the University of Tennessee