The Formation of Scholars: Rethinking Doctoral Education for the Twenty-First CenturyISBN: 978-0-470-19743-1
Hardcover
256 pages
January 2008, Jossey-Bass
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) is an independent policy and research center with a primary mission "to do and perform all things necessary to encourage, uphold, and dignify the profession of the teacher and the cause of higher education." CFAT is located in Stanford, California.
George Walker is a senior scholar at CFAT, where he directs the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate. Walker, a theoretical physicist, was Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School at Indiana University before joining CFAT. He has been active in many national organizations working on graduate education, including?the Council of Graduate Schools, an AAU Task Force, and the Council on Research Policy and?Graduate Education of NASULGC.
Chris Golde has been a senior scholar at CFAT since 2001, working?on the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate. Prior to CFAT, she was a scientist and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and the principal investigator of the national Survey on Doctoral Education and Career Preparation, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and released as a report in January 2001.
Pat Hutchings is vice president of CFAT. Hutchings joined the Foundation in February 1998 after serving as a senior staff member at the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE). She holds a doctorate in English from the University of Iowa and was chair of the English department at Alverno College before joining AAHE.