Despite the fact that the contributors to this volume's 21 essays have apparently thrived under the current doctoral system, they pay attention to calls for change (e.g., training professional generalists) and the paradoxes in graduate education in disciplines including the sciences, mathematics, education, history, English and the humanities. The editors are senior scholars with the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The concept of stewardship is at the core of their work, as they encourage cross-fertilization of ideas across the disciplinary communities. Jossey-Bass is an imprint of Wiley. Annotation 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)