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Direct linkBekova, Saule – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
This paper examines relations between doctoral students' employment and graduation outcomes at a research-intensive university in Russia. Since most doctoral students lack financial support, they find employment and work full-time. This study addresses two questions: first, how the employment status is related to graduation outcomes (defending a…
Descriptors: Student Employment, Doctoral Students, At Risk Students, Graduation Rate
Download full textBenzon, Benjamin; Vukojevic, Katarina; Filipovic, Natalija; Tomic, Snježana; Glavina Durdov, Merica – Education Sciences, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this retrospective study is to identify potential predictors of academic success or failure in Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes in the field of biomedicine. Based on these, the policies and structure of academic programmes granting PhD degrees in biomedicine might be improved. Literature review (State of the art): At…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Biomedicine, Medical Students, Doctoral Students
Stock, Wendy A.; Siegfried, John J. – Journal of Economic Education, 2014
In this article, the authors summarize their 15 years of research on graduate education in economics in the United States. They examine all stages of the process, from the undergraduate origins of eventual economics PhDs to their attrition and time-to-degree outcomes. For PhD completers, the authors examine job market outcomes, research…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Economics, Educational Research, Graduate Study
Delmont, Tim – American Journal of Business Education, 2011
Applied Master's Degree and doctoral programs have been criticized widely for their lack of relevance, rigor and quality. New graduate degree programs have responded to these criticisms by implementing innovative academic policies, program curriculum, and student services. A case study of the Metropolitan State University Doctor of Business…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Business Administration Education, Student Experience, Doctoral Programs
Stock, Wendy A.; Finegan, T. Aldrich; Siegfried, John J. – Economics of Education Review, 2009
We investigate graduate school outcomes for students who entered economics Ph.D. programs in Fall 2002. Students in Top-15 ranked programs and those with higher verbal and quantitative GRE scores are less likely to have dropped out, but no more likely to have graduated. Those with undergraduate degrees from Top-60 U.S. liberal arts colleges and…
Descriptors: Probability, Liberal Arts, Graduate Study, Doctoral Degrees
Nicholls, Miles G. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2007
In this paper, absorbing markov chains are used to analyse the flows of higher degree by research candidates (doctoral and master) within an Australian faculty of business. The candidates are analysed according to whether they are full time or part time. The need for such analysis stemmed from what appeared to be a rather poor completion rate (as…
Descriptors: Probability, Databases, Markov Processes, Student Characteristics
