Robert C. Lieberman,
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Opening Remarks

Renee Martin-Bennett,
Professor of Political Science

Keynote: Report of the Committee on the Future of the PhD

Chairs:
T. Brown, BSPH
W. Egginton, KSAS

Speakers:
C. Broholm, KSAS
S. Castro-Klaren, KSAS
V. Hilser, KSAS

Improving the Student Experience

The Ph.D. has been and always will be a degree that trains students for research careers. Today, however, many of our students wish to apply their skills outside academia, in settings ranging from government to industrial startups. How can we better prepare students for such alternative career paths? How can we support them while they broaden their horizons? How can we reconcile these activities with a desire to reduce the time to degree?

Chairs: 
M. Carlson, BSPH
E.R. Scheinerman, WSE

Speakers:
S. Gange, BSPH
L. Graham-Brady, WSE

Fostering Educational Innovation

The Gateway Science Initiative has focused new energy and attention on innovative teaching in our introductory undergraduate courses. What lessons have we learned that might apply to Ph.D. education? What are best practices for moving students into research as quickly as possible? Are we teaching the right skills in the right way? Will the dissertation continue to be an important avenue for scholarly communication?

Chairs:
G. Ball, KSAS
B. Rapp, WSE

Speakers:
B. Hobbs, WSE
M. Hardiman, SOE

Reducing Barriers Between Programs

At Johns Hopkins, we have a large number of relatively small Ph.D. programs. While this offers students an intensely personal experience, it also risks limiting their horizons. How can we assure that our students have access to all that Johns Hopkins offers, across programs, departments and schools? What barriers need to be removed to increase opportunity and build larger intellectual communities for our students?

Chairs:
M. Keck, KSAS
D. Raben, SOM
D. Vogel, SOM

Speakers:
D. Vogel, SOM

Increasing Ph.D. Career Opportunities

The Ph.D. has been and always will be a degree that trains students for research careers. Today, however, many of our students wish to apply their skills outside academia, in settings ranging from government to industrial startups. How can we better prepare students for such alternative career paths? How can we support them while they broaden their horizons? How can we reconcile these activities with a desire to reduce the time to degree?

President Ronald J. Daniels,
Johns Hopkins University

Opening Remarks
Video

Provost Lloyd B. Minor,
Johns Hopkins University

Gilman's Legacy: Ph.D. Education and the Making of the Modern University
Provost Minor's Address | Video

Derek Bok,
Harvard University

Keynote: The Paradoxical State of Graduate Education
Video

Chris Golde,
Stanford University

Plenary: Five Pressing Challenges for Doctoral Education
Video

David Nichols,
Johns Hopkins University

From Genes to Society—Medical Education for Individualized Medicine
Audio

Kenneth Prewitt,
Columbia University

Educated Judgement in a Time of Hyper-Quantification
Audio

Mary Ann Mason,
University of California, Berkeley

Why Graduate Students Reject the Tenure Track
Audio

Lisa Lattuca,
University of Michigan

Interdisciplinary Learning: Define, Refine, Design
Audio

David Damrosch,
Harvard University

The Customer is Always Writing: Learning from Our Students
Audio

James Wertsch,
Washington University, St. Louis

U.S. Doctoral Education in the Context of Globalization
Audio

George Walker,
Cleveland State University

Round Table: Obstacles and Paths to Change in Doctoral Education