Ph.D. Completion and Attrition
Author: Margaret F. King
Publisher: Nicholson
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 110
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Author: Margaret F. King
Publisher: Nicholson
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 110
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1997-02-03
Total Pages: 91
ISBN-13: 0309054826
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere is a growing concern among educators and policymakers about the level of attrition from Ph.D. programs in the sciences and humanities at some U.S. universities. Reliable estimates of graduate student attrition are difficult to obtain, however, because most information comes from the administrative records of individual institutions. This book provides a summary of datasets that could be used to analyze patterns of graduate student attrition and degree completion nationally, along with an analysis of recent studies on the subject. Based on this information, the committee examines the feasibility of designing a system to produce national estimates of graduate student attrition.
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Publisher: Nicholson
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 100
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Daniel D. Denecke
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Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 25
ISBN-13: 9780970268075
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Published: 2010
Total Pages: 76
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2009-09-28
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1400831520
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMeeting the challenges faced by today's U.S. doctoral humanities programs Despite the worldwide prestige of America's doctoral programs in the humanities, all is not well in this area of higher education and hasn't been for some time. The content of graduate programs has undergone major changes, while high rates of student attrition, long times to degree, and financial burdens prevail. In response, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 1991 launched the Graduate Education Initiative (GEI), the largest effort ever undertaken to improve doctoral programs in the humanities and related social sciences. The only book to focus exclusively on the current state of doctoral education in the humanities, Educating Scholars reports on the GEI's success in reducing attrition and times to degree, the positive changes implemented by specific graduate programs, and the many challenges still to be addressed. Over a ten-year period, the Foundation devoted almost eighty-five million dollars through the GEI to provide support for doctoral programs and student aid in fifty-four departments at ten leading universities. The authors examine data that tracked the students in these departments and in control departments, as well as information gathered from a retrospective survey of students. They reveal that completion and attrition rates depend upon financial support, the quality of advising, clarity of program requirements, and each department's expectations regarding the dissertation. The authors consider who earns doctoral degrees, what affects students' chances of finishing their programs, and how successful they are at finding academic jobs. Answering some of the most important questions being raised about American doctoral programs today, Educating Scholars will interest all those concerned about our nation's intellectual future.
Author: Allan Tucker
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 350
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Council of Graduate Schools
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Published: 2010
Total Pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9781933042268
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Barbara E. Lovitts
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2002-07-15
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 0585383642
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGraduate schools have faced attrition rates of approximately 50 percent for the past 40 years. They have tried to address the problem by focusing on student characteristics and by assuming that if they could make better, more informed admissions decisions, attrition rates would drop. Yet high attrition rates persist and may in fact be increasing. Leaving the Ivory Tower thus turns the issue around and asks what is wrong with the structure and process of graduate education. Based on hard evidence drawn from a survey of 816 completers and noncompleters and on interviews with noncompleters, high- and low-Ph.D productive faculty and Directors of Graduate study, this book locates the root cause of attrition in the social structure and cultural organization of graduate education.
Author: Robert Sowell
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Published: 2015
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9781933042435
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