Season 4 Fall 2026 Podcasts

Hard to believe it, but Grad-post starts Season 4!

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2026-07-08/big-take-america-s-grad-school-bubble-is-bursting-podcast

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-07-24/graduate-schools-face-crisis-during-trump-admin-video

https://www.aera.net/Newsroom/AERA-Highlights-E-newsletter/AERA-Highlights-July-2026/Julie-Posselt-Correction-Bubble-or-Existential-Crisis-Is-this-the-End-of-Graduate-Education-as-We-Know-It

 What is a dissertation and how is it different from a thesis? The Graddean reviews three common formats for the dissertation: the protomonograph; the series of papers; and the written exhibition. 

https://about.proquest.com/en/products-services/pqdtglobal/

https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/builder/sed

https://www.statista.com/statistics/187122/movie-releases-in-north-america-since-2001/

https://grad.illinois.edu/academics/thesis-dissertation/format-requirements 

https://thehonores.com/3-million-papers-a-year-is-academic-publishing-out-of-control/

https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674248977

https://faculty.bentley.edu/profile/dgottlieb 

The Graddean demystifies the PhD dissertation defense and gives you some advice on how to prepare the perfect presentation. 

 https://youtu.be/PH365TvmBPY?t=437

 Dr. Julia Kent, Vice President of Strategy and Program Innovation at the Council of Graduate Schools discusses how the PhD dissertation is evolving. 

https://cgsnet.org/webinar/making-dissertations-theses-accessible-considerations-for-graduate-deans-related-to-the-april-24-2026-ada-title-ii-deadline-for-digital-accessibility

https://cgsnet.org/insight/the-future-of-the-doctoral-dissertation

https://www.fesp.ulaval.ca/en/masters-and-doctoral-theses/responsible-use-of-generative-ai-in-masters-and-doctoral-theses 

 Graduate deans weigh in on how their institutions are dealing with artificial intelligence in advanced degree programs. Annie Pilote of the Université Laval describes their guidelines for the use of AI in theses and dissertations, and Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko of the University of Illinois talks about pilot programs utilizing AI in admissions and fellowships reviews. 

https://www-chronicle-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/article/has-ai-destroyed-the-doctoral-dissertation

https://www.fesp.ulaval.ca/en/system/files?file=public/memoires-theses/trousse_ia_generative_eng.pdf

https://cgsnet.org/resources/toolkits

https://www.norc.org/content/dam/norc-org/pdf2026/AI-in-Grad-Ed-White%20Paper.pdf

 The Graddean reviews the recommendations of Cornell's report on "The Future of the American University" from the standpoint of graduate education. 

https://provost.cornell.edu/initiatives/future-of-the-american-university/

https://provost.cornell.edu/_files/initiatives/future-of-the-american-university-full-report.pdf

https://cshe.berkeley.edu/open-systems-approach-future-us-universities

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48768#_Toc222818819

https://www.humanitiescareers.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/A.W.Mellon%2C%20Reforming%20Doctoral%20Education%2C%201990%E2%80%932015.pdf

https://gsas.yale.edu/documents/report-humanities-doctoral-education-advisory-working-group

https://www.nature.com/articles/472261a

https://www.ets.org/research/policy_research_reports/publications/report/2010/ibhf.html

https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/just-visiting/2024/12/11/great-ready-faculty-bot-ification

https://cgsnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CGS_Understanding-Supporting_Final.pdf

https://archive.carnegiefoundation.org/publications/pdfs/elibrary/elibrary_pdf_678.pdf

https://wcer.wisc.edu/publications/

https://cirtl.net/

https://youtu.be/GqNUAiv20XM

https://youtu.be/01dybXp1sZY

https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781487508616

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