May 2, 2008

Graduate School for Beginners

To the Editor:

As a researcher in the field of graduate education with an emphasis on doctoral-student development, I feel compelled to respond to David Glenn's "Graduate-School Leaders Want Ph.D. Candidates to Finish Sooner and With Better Job Prospects" (The Chronicle, Web edition, April 1).

For the program in higher and postsecondary education at Teachers College, I developed a course titled "The Graduate Student Experience." It focuses on the student development that occurs