The Shadow of the Golden Age:The Crisis in American Humanities PhDs in the Twentieth Century and Its Enlightenment
Based on the perspective of historical evolution,the U.S.doctoral education in humani-ties experienced a rapid expansion in the 20th century,and subsequently adjusted its training strategies after suffering employment crisis of humanities PhDs.The golden age of American higher education promotes the rapid development of humanities doctoral education,but also threatens the sustainability of doctoral education.The study finds that the essence of American humanities PhDs'crisis is the dis-appearance of the natural progression from PhD graduates to tenure-track positions in universities.The deeply ingrained academic tradition of training successors has struggled to meet the personal develop-ment needs of doctoral students.Further analysis shows that the emergence and exacerbation of the hu-manities PhD crisis are associated with the basic characteristics of doctoral education in the United States,such as market orientation,decentralization,and structuralization.To promote the sustainable development of humanities PhD education,the American academia has focused on the issue of"cultiva-ting public humanities scholars,"emphasizing the need to balance the training of discipline successors,the promotion of diverse career paths,and the enhancement of the social value of the humanities.Final-ly,the study draws implications for the practices of PhD training in China.
humanities PhDsdoctoral trainingPhD education in U.S
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