Current Issues in Graduate Education

ERIC digest sheds light on the controversy over whether graduate student unions have a place within higher education. Essential reading for informed and socially conscious grad students

Information about labor unions representing Teaching Assistants, Research Assistants, and other Graduate Student Employee from the Coalition of Graduate Employee Unions, a loose-knit coalition of unions in the USA and Canada that represent graduate students employed as teachers, researchers, and university staff.

Committee on Professionals in Science and Engineering online report presenting data on the quality of current graduate students

"University administrators have complained for years that graduate-student unions poison relations between professors and their advisees, but a new study challenges that theory."

Examines critical issues shaping doctoral education through a survey of doctoral students' views of funding, support, the job market, and more.

The National Science Board's views on the role of federal government in graduate and post-doctoral education.

Presents a detailed sociological portrait of doctoral students, with recommendations for improving access of graduate education.

Report from a national discussion on "How can we re-envision the Ph.D. to meet societal needs of the 21st Century?", held April 13-15, 2000 at the University of Washington. Lots of interesting material.

Is pursing a PhD risky business for students? Read this view from the Chronicle of Higher Education

The House Committee on Science recmmends that higher education prepare students who plan careers outside academe by increasing flexibility in graduate training programs. Encourage doctoral students to pursue coursework and gain relevant experience outside their specific areas of research.