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Direct linkEhrenberg, Ronald G.; Jakubson, George H.; Groen, Jeffrey A.; So, Eric; Price, Joseph – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2007
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Graduate Education Initiative (GEI) provided funding to 54 departments in the humanities and related social sciences during the 1990s to improve their PhD programs. This article estimates the aspects of PhD programs the GEI influenced and how these aspects influenced attrition and graduation probabilities. It uses…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Doctoral Programs, College Students, Graduation Rate
Peer reviewedDavis, Alan – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1991
The 1988 Hawkins Stafford amendments to the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act required that the national evaluation and reporting system for Chapter 1 identify individual school projects in need of improvement. It is argued that the system is unsuited for this purpose, and suggestions for better indicators are provided. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educational Indicators
