Re-envisioning the Ph.D. was a $515,000 project funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts which posed the challenging question: "How can we re-envision the Ph.D. to meet the needs of the society of the 21st Century?" The Project was funded to:

• Identify and produce examples of the scattered and diffuse attempts currently underway to redesign doctoral education;
• Explore the connections among the efforts, the issues, and the many stakeholders involved;
• Convene national leaders to develop a set of strategies and incentives and an overall concept or design for addressing the issues to effect change based on a new vision of the Ph.D.
• Continue to encourage and support national conversations and serve as a clearinghouse of innovative practices in doctoral education.

Thus mission was to foster local and national/international discussions and initiatives that address the question: How can we re-envision the Ph.D. to meet the societal needs of the 21st Century?

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