Teaching Graduate Students How to Teach Better

What a novel concept. Somehow this reminds of us of the comment that Bill McDonough made at a SCUP plenary session a few years ago about if we're so bright how come it took us until just recently to figure out that we should put wheels on luggage.

Tufts' approach is emblematic of a growing recognition among doctoral programs that they need to impart skills for teaching, not just research. As college classrooms diversify and the pace of technology quickens, there's a demand for scholars who have a flair for more than just a traditional lecture. More than 100 universities now have formal programs to prepare future faculty, many of them spawned by grants administered by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) in Washington between 1993 and 2003.