Comments on: Graduate programs in Japan to be modernized? http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/05/graduate-programs-in-japan-to-be-modernized/ The Japan History Group Blog Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:45:05 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Jonathan Dresner http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/05/graduate-programs-in-japan-to-be-modernized/comment-page-1/#comment-11990 Jonathan Dresner Fri, 12 May 2006 19:36:50 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/05/graduate-programs-in-japan-to-be-modernized/#comment-11990 <i>journals of one kind or another</i>.... I've always been struck by the plethora of in-house journals published at mid-sized universities in Japan. It seems to me that on-line publication ought to lower the cost bar enough that it should become more prevalent here, too. Then the pressure to publish will be even more relentless... journals of one kind or another….

I’ve always been struck by the plethora of in-house journals published at mid-sized universities in Japan. It seems to me that on-line publication ought to lower the cost bar enough that it should become more prevalent here, too. Then the pressure to publish will be even more relentless…

]]> By: K. M. Lawson http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/05/graduate-programs-in-japan-to-be-modernized/comment-page-1/#comment-11987 K. M. Lawson Fri, 12 May 2006 17:53:00 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/05/graduate-programs-in-japan-to-be-modernized/#comment-11987 I applaud the effort to reduce somewhat the huge burden of busy work that graduate students have to perform for their professors. I know how much this troubled some of my friends. I'm puzzled that they seem to be concerned that their students are not producing enough research. Japanese PhD students in history often have 3 articles (at least 2) published in journals of one kind or another by the time they graduate (even if they sometimes "graduate" without finishing their dissertation). What percentage of US PhD students can claim this? Conference papers perhaps, but 3 published journal articles for humanities students? I applaud the effort to reduce somewhat the huge burden of busy work that graduate students have to perform for their professors. I know how much this troubled some of my friends. I’m puzzled that they seem to be concerned that their students are not producing enough research. Japanese PhD students in history often have 3 articles (at least 2) published in journals of one kind or another by the time they graduate (even if they sometimes “graduate” without finishing their dissertation). What percentage of US PhD students can claim this? Conference papers perhaps, but 3 published journal articles for humanities students?

]]> By: Jonathan Dresner http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/05/graduate-programs-in-japan-to-be-modernized/comment-page-1/#comment-11909 Jonathan Dresner Fri, 12 May 2006 03:38:10 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/05/graduate-programs-in-japan-to-be-modernized/#comment-11909 I thought it was suitably snarky. I've often said that the academy is one of the last bastions of pure medievalism in American life (both Scholasticism and feudalism), but the more I look at "modernizing reforms" the more nostalgic I get.... I thought it was suitably snarky.

I’ve often said that the academy is one of the last bastions of pure medievalism in American life (both Scholasticism and feudalism), but the more I look at “modernizing reforms” the more nostalgic I get….

]]> By: Morgan Pitelka http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/05/graduate-programs-in-japan-to-be-modernized/comment-page-1/#comment-11907 Morgan Pitelka Fri, 12 May 2006 02:30:34 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/05/graduate-programs-in-japan-to-be-modernized/#comment-11907 Technically, I think this post is both snitty and snide. It's the end of the semester and I am buried under grading, which may make my tolerance for exuberant government-speak even lower than usual. If only we could all be emeritus professors/ningen kokuho. Technically, I think this post is both snitty and snide. It’s the end of the semester and I am buried under grading, which may make my tolerance for exuberant government-speak even lower than usual. If only we could all be emeritus professors/ningen kokuho.

]]> By: Joel http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/05/graduate-programs-in-japan-to-be-modernized/comment-page-1/#comment-11813 Joel Thu, 11 May 2006 07:59:57 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/05/graduate-programs-in-japan-to-be-modernized/#comment-11813 Nice, snide post. Aren't the 'living treasures' already called 'emeritus professorships'? They just haven't been nationalized yet. Nice, snide post. Aren’t the ‘living treasures’ already called ‘emeritus professorships’? They just haven’t been nationalized yet.

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