The nation . ires some period of concentratedattention. Flexner argued this in1910 and it is just as valid in graduate schools shouldhave reduced loads, to allow themboth to devote time to directingthe work of their students and to dothe necessary research which is sup-posed to distinguish the teacher inthe graduate university from his col-leagues in undergraduate institu-tions. Adequate graduate educationwould imply large, well-equippedlibraries and full laboratory in graduate schools shouldbe given over almost entirely tograduate students, so that they com-
The nation . ires some period of concentratedattention. Flexner argued this in1910 and it is just as valid in graduate schools shouldhave reduced loads, to allow themboth to devote time to directingthe work of their students and to dothe necessary research which is sup-posed to distinguish the teacher inthe graduate university from his col-leagues in undergraduate institu-tions. Adequate graduate educationwould imply large, well-equippedlibraries and full laboratory in graduate schools shouldbe given over almost entirely tograduate students, so that they com-pete with other graduate studentsand not with undergraduates (as isthe case in many graduate schools). But merely saying these thingsdoes not bring any improvement tothe higher educational scene. Prob-ably most faculty and administratorsknow the problem, but rationalizeit or explain it away by arguingthat they can give more attention toa graduate student and so their par-ticular graduate program is To complicate matters, the statussymbols attached to a faculty mem-ber who has students, or whoteaches in a graduate school, aresuch that faculty pressure itself oftenis a factor in the establishment of agraduate program. This and theempire building of college or uni-versity presidents, regional pride orother such reasons are rapidly in-creasing the number of is little reason to suspect thatIdaho and Nevada will hold backmuch longer, and most cities of evenmedium size will demand graduateschools of their own where they donot already have them. In point offact, some of the accrediting as-sociations themselves tend to pushschools into entering the graduateprogram in order better to servethe community. The predicted butnot yet realized college-teacher short-age also adds to the pressures. In order to establish minimalstandards, some sort of body shouldattempt to survey the field and makelegitimate recommendations. WhatAmerican graduate education needsrigh
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