Skills for the 21st Century Scholar

A joint venture of the Humanities Council and GradFUTURES in partnership with Princeton University Press (PUP), this graduate learning cohort invites you to join a conversation about the nature of graduate school, the multifaceted role of the 21st century PhD, and the future of academia. 

Inspired by the Princeton University Press series “Skills for Scholars,” the cohort's seven sessions are geared to augment and recalibrate received understandings of academia. Together, we'll reimagine the definition and nature of scholarly work. In the process, you will gain new insight into the ways scholarly skills—abiding and emerging—may be applied in new ways within and beyond the academy, as well as how we might complement our inherited pedagogical practices with a range of technological innovations. 

Learning Objectives

  • Understand best academic practices
  • Reflect on their efficacy and impact
  • Explore how these topics apply across key areas: Academic research; teaching and learning in diverse settings; communications, including reading, writing, speaking, translation, and visual and data communication; and professional development and leadership

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“Arriving in Princeton after nearly a decade in the private sector, I have come to see that there is no single path to academic career development—skills learned outside the academy can be of great use in one's academic work, and the methodologies we employ as Ph.D. students can similarly help in a variety of careers beyond the academy."

James Watson-Krips, Graduate Student, EAS, University Administrative Fellow

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GradFUTURES’ interdisciplinary learning cohorts build community among and between graduate students and reinforce each student’s graduate training while drawing on their content knowledge to inform the cohort’s investigation of the topic. As part of the cohort, students will read and discuss books, articles, and case studies. Learning cohorts typically also include at least one experiential component such as an immersive project, a site visit, conference presentation, or fellowship/internship opportunities. Interdisciplinary discussions, reflection, synthesis, community building, and immersive experiences are integral components of each learning cohort experience.