...David Shupe; Lesley Lydell Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the current interest in accountability for educational results within the context of US graduate education. Design/methodology/approach The paper takes the form of a survey of significant aspects...

...Joseph F. Coates The essayist contends that American academia is rife with a "dog‐eat‐dog" version of Social Darwinism, or survival of the fittest through brutal competition. Offered as evidence are the training of too many students for limited career opportunities, prolongation of graduate...

...Carmel McNaught The thrust of this essay is that there is an increasing emphasis on the capabilities graduates need to have. We live in a changing, complex world and so post‐secondary programs need to equip students with the capacity to adapt their learning into working in a variety of new...