How well do we prepare our graduate students for the diverse careers they pursue inteaching, research, and outside of academia? This is the second time Graduate Education hasbeen a track in the TLC, and this year we have also incorporated topics related toprofessional development. Despite the diversity of our presentations, we arrived at aunifying theme for our track: we must prepare graduate students for the multiple arenas theywill enter into after graduation. We discussed at length how most of our graduate studentsseek something other than the traditional, research-oriented model of graduate educationthat we experienced. They seek a graduate experience that is civically engaged, preparesthem for teaching in addition to research, and is perhaps more connected to disciplinesoutside of political science. Either we provide graduate students a framework of knowledgeconsistent with these demands or they will be left to develop these skills through trial anderror alone. In support of this goal, we urge systemic change to our professionalinstitutions that will value and reward a more holistic approach to graduate education andprofessional development. Elements of such change can be found in the variety ofpresentations contained in our track.