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Direct linkAltbach, Philip G. – College and University, 2004
Doctoral education in the United States forms a huge and diverse enterprise. Seen from the outside, American graduate education is often hailed as the "gold standard" to which other nations and academic institutions aspire. From the inside, however, doctoral education faces many challenges. This article provides some basic information…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Graduate Study, Outcomes of Education, Doctoral Degrees
Wu, Stephen – Academe, 2005
Most faculty members in the arts and sciences advise their undergraduate students that attending a highly rated graduate institution is paramount to landing a prestigious academic job upon graduation. The empirical evidence supporting this claim is not extensive, however; relatively little systematic research has analyzed the issue. This article…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Research Universities, Liberal Arts, College Faculty
Download full textPavan, Barbara Nelson – 1996
This paper describes the writing of teaching cases by students to help them understand and use multiple theoretical frames for practical decision making. It describes a doctoral level course called "Theoretical Perspectives" and the doctoral program at Temple University's Department of Educational Leadership. Students are required to study the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Critical Thinking, Doctoral Programs, Educational Methods
Flanigan, J. L.; And Others – 1989
Findings from a survey of universities offering doctorates in educational administration are presented in this paper. Questionnaires mailed to 40 universities in the south central United States elicited 28 responses, a 70 percent response rate. Findings indicate that no clearly defined methods existed to distinguish educational administration…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, College Faculty, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs
Heinrich, Kathleen T. – 1990
Seeking to understand the influence of gender on advisement relationships, 22 women doctoral recipients in education were interviewed using retrospective, in-depth, semi-structured interviews (audiotaped and transcribed verbatim), with the constant comparative method. Purposeful sampling adjustments and inclusion of relationships with all members…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Doctoral Programs, Faculty Advisers, Females
Maneker, Jerry S. – Community College Social Science Quarterly, 1975
Graduate students are socialized by educational institutions to become docile, timid, and conventional. In graduate school, creativity and quality are left unrewarded, while conventionality and quantity are looked upon with favor. The graduate school experience which emphasizes a dissertation supervised by advisors who threaten the student with…
Descriptors: Degree Requirements, Doctoral Programs, Graduate School Faculty, Graduate Students
Nightingale, P.; And Others – 1986
Results of a 1985 survey of 497 academic staff concerning research degree study at the University of New South Wales (Australia) are summarized. Issues addressed by the survey were: the relevance of research study, desirable levels of enrollment in research study by field, the relationship between the Ph.D. and research master's programs, duration…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Doctoral Programs, Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries
Ruthven, Avis J.; Moore, Arnold J. – 1988
A description is given of the Interdisciplinary Seminar in Education, an integral part of the Doctor of Education Degree Program at Mississippi State University. The broad goals of the course are as follows: (1) It provides doctoral-level students with the opportunity to develop informed positions on the major issues confronting education as a…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs, Educational Objectives
Jain, Barbara J.; Carl, Linda – 1978
A survey was conducted for the Graduate Student Section of the Adult Education Association to determine the differences in requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degrees in adult education. Of forty-three institutions identified as offering both degrees, forty participated in answering the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Degree Requirements, Doctoral Degrees
Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1975
The paper reports on resolutions made at the 1975 summer seminar of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL). The traditional competencies required for teaching at the undergraduate level are reviewed, along with innovations suggested at the seminar. Doctoral programs are also re-examined and changes recommended. (CLK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Programs
Modern Language Association of America, New York, NY. – 1967
DURING 1966-67, THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE DANFORTH FOUNDATION, SPONSORED AN EXTENSIVE STUDY OF THE PH.D. IN ENGLISH IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES. DON CAMERON ALLEN, THE DIRECTOR, WORKING WITH AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, USED QUESTIONNAIRES, VISITS, AND CONFERENCES AS BASES FOR A FULL-LENGTH REPORT WHICH INCLUDES THE…
Descriptors: Degree Requirements, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Dissertations
Speech Communication Association, Annandale, VA. – 1980
Intended to provide current information about graduate programs in speech communication in the United States to prospective graduate students, teachers, administrators, and counselors, this directory is also useful to those people seeking summary data on the state of the profession and to those evaluating or expanding their own speech…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Association of Departments of English, New York, NY. – 1969
For a 1969 report on graduate programs in English, the Association of Departments of English obtained information from chairmen or directors of Graduate Study in English at 223 institutions. This document contains some of the information collected for the full report (available through ERIC as "Graduate Programs in English: A 1969…
Descriptors: Degree Requirements, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs
Hall, Robert N., Ed. – 1974
The primary function of this directory is to serve prospective graduate students, teachers, administrators and counselors who desire current information about graduate programs in speech communication. A secondary function is to provide a comparative analysis of the information presented. Many of the fundamental questions that a student might ask…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Degree Requirements, Directories, Doctoral Programs
Palmatier, Robert A., Ed.; Manzo, Anthony V., Ed. – Epistle, 1975
The "Epistle" is the Publication Forum of Professors of Reading Teacher Educators, which is a special-interest group of the International Reading Association. The topic considered in this issue is doctoral dissertations. Four professors, Billy Guice, Helen Robinson, Edwin Smith, and J. Jaap Tuinman, share their views on directing students through…
Descriptors: Degree Requirements, Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Programs, Employment Opportunities
