Doctoral
Toward a Global Phd?: Forces and Forms in Doctoral Education Worldwide
Universities and nations have long recognized the direct contribution of graduate education to the welfare of the economy by meeting a range of research and employment needs. With the burgeoning of a global economy in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the economic outcome of doctoral education reaches far beyond national borders. Many doctoral programs in the United States and throughout the world are looking for opportunities to equip students to work in transnational settings, with scientists and researchers located across the globe. Nations competing within this global economy often have different and not always compatible motives for supporting graduate training. In this volume, graduate education e… More >>
Toward a Global Phd?: Forces and Forms in Doctoral Education Worldwide
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The Dissertation Desk Reference: The Doctoral Student’s Manual to Writing the Dissertation
This book is user-friendly for doctoral students and their faculty advisors; the author harvests the components that consistently appear in dissertations, guiding today’s doctoral students through the dissertation process…. More >>
The Dissertation Desk Reference: The Doctoral Student’s Manual to Writing the Dissertation
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Writing the Doctoral Dissertation
- ISBN13: 9780812098006
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Here is the first book a prospective doctoral candidate should read. Updated to reflect both modern technological advances and the realities of contemporary academia, it serves as an excellent overview of the dissertation process in most academic fields. Advice starts with selecting an advisor and a dissertation committee, then covers problems connected with selecting a dissertation topic, submitting the proposal, working with an advisor, and writing and defending the dissertation…. More >>
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Changing Practices of Doctoral Education
Postgraduate research has undergone unprecedented change in the past ten years, in response to major shifts in the role of the university and the disciplines in knowledge production and the management of intellectual work. New kinds of doctorates have been established that have expanded the scope and direction of doctoral education. A new audience of supervisors, academic managers and graduate school personnel is engaging in debates about the nature, purpose and future of doctoral education and how institutions and departments can best respond to the increasing demands that are being made. Discussion of the emerging issues and agendas is set within the context of the international policy shifts that are … More >>
Changing Practices of Doctoral Education
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The Development of Doctoral Students: Phases of Challenge and Support: ASHE Higher Education Report
- ISBN13: 9780470509043
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Doctoral students are education in U.S. institutions of higher education to become tomorrow’s educators, researchers, leaders, and innovators. Only a little more than 50 percent of all doctoral students will actually complete the degree, however. Understanding the complexity of the doctoral experience may assist in educating these students and ensuring their success. This monograph presents a model of doctoral student development, viewing the experience as three phases of increasing complexity. Using theories developed from psychology, sociology, and education, the monograph provides an overview of doctoral education in the United States and the sources of challenge and support that characterize the doct… More >>
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