Leonard Cassuto is a professor of English at Fordham University who writes regularly for The Chronicle about graduate education. His newest book is Academic Writing as if Readers Matter, from Princeton University Press. He co-wrote, with Robert Weisbuch, The New Ph.D.: How to Build a Better Graduate Education. He welcomes comments and suggestions at cassuto@fordham.edu. Find him on X @LCassuto.
Stories by This Author
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Our graduate-school enterprise exists today in a state of anxiety and reactive tension. Here’s how we’re managing.
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An English department reversed its enrollment slide and reinvigorated graduate training, too.
The Review | Opinion
What the announcement might mean for graduate school writ large.
Advice
Instead of trying to reach the “general public,” aim for a closer target to expand your audience.
Advice
Predictions and hopes for the future of Ph.D. training.
Advice
How collective bargaining is already starting to alter the landscape of doctoral education.
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How a national project aims to give master’s and doctoral students the same level of attention as first-year undergraduates.
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Graduate students often write in a linear style and end up stalled. Here are some different approaches.
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A quarter century ago, an MLA leader was pilloried for advocating “career diversity” for English Ph.D.s. The discipline is finally catching up.
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Professors have always preferred to teach content over skills. But shifting that focus might just revive our graduate programs.
