To better prepare Ph.D. students in the humanities for careers outside of the professoriate, several departments and professors have started to add courses or make tweaks to the traditional curriculum. Here are five examples of steps they have taken.
Instill group work skills
A University of Chicago history professor created a course, set to start this spring, that puts students in groups of four to work on projects for nonacademic institutions like museums. The goal is to teach students to work together and think about not only historical content, but the needs of a client.
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