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Too Many Bad Apples

After spending 25 years working with graduate students, a professor concludes it's not all it's cracked up to be

By LAGRETTA GRADGRIND

From my earliest years as a faculty member, my greatest desire and preoccupation have been graduate education. Over the years, I have compromised my personal life and my research productivity to nurture and guide my many doctoral students....

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