Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2005
In spring 2002, APSA President-Elect Theda Skocpol appointed this Task Force on GraduateEducation, representing a variety of institutions, political science subfields, scholarlybackgrounds, and methodological viewpoints. She asked its members to report on ways tostrengthen graduate education in political science. The Task Force quickly concluded that nosingle structure of graduate training could be appropriate for the wide range ofinstitutions offering graduate instruction in political science, and that departments mustdecide for themselves what programs best suited their capacities and interests.