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| College English | 5 |
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| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Opinion Papers | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
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Peer reviewedJustman, Stewart – College English, 1975
Alice in Wonderland must be appealed to in order to understand the plight of the young Ph.D. in English. (JH)
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Employment Opportunities, English Departments, Graduate Students
Peer reviewedFerguson, Mary Anne – College English, 1971
A reply directed to George Gleason's The Job Market for Women: A Department Chairman's View," which appears on pp. 927-30 of this issue. (RD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Employment Potential, English Departments, Graduate Study
Peer reviewedStewart, Donald C. – College English, 1977
Examines 599 representative preliminary questions used by English Departments at 13 American universities and also examines the general rhetorical structure of 109 articles on literary criticism in 19 scholarly magazines. (DD)
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs, Educational Research, English Departments
Peer reviewedErickson, Lori – College English, 1985
Discusses what is wrong with graduate schools in English, including lack of creativity, the irrelevance of much of the training for the doctoral degree, the attention paid to obscure points of literary scholarship, and the emphasis on publishing instead of good teaching. Notes the similarity to criticisms made 45 years ago. (EL)
Descriptors: College English, Educational Improvement, Educational Philosophy, English Departments
Peer reviewedMiller, J. Wesley – College English, 1982
Reports the results of a personally conducted survey on graduate programs in English that ranged from amusing to appalling. (JL)
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Employment Opportunities, English Departments, Graduate Study
