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Wohl, Hannah; Fine, Gary Alan – Teaching Sociology, 2017
Faculty and students recognize that to succeed in graduate school, the ability to read efficiently and with comprehension is crucial. Students must be able to process information newly presented to them, even when that information seems overwhelming. Comprehending, discussing, and utilizing relevant texts are central to the production of scholars.…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Graduate Students
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Hancock, Sally; Hughes, Gwyneth; Walsh, Elaine – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Doctoral scientists increasingly forge non-academic careers after completing the doctorate. Governments and industry in advanced economies welcome this trend, since it complements the "knowledge economy" vision that has come to dominate higher education globally. Knowledge economy stakeholders consider doctoral scientists to constitute…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Scientists, Knowledge Economy, Higher Education
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Mueller, John A. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine and understand atheist college students' views on faith and how they experience the college campus as a result. I conducted interviews with 16 undergraduate and graduate self-identified atheist college students. Students discussed losing faith and transitioning to atheism; making meaning of life, death, and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Religion
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Balakrishnan, Vishalache; Cornforth, Sue – Educational Action Research, 2013
In this paper we propose that taking time before the work begins to develop agreements about how to work together in participatory action research enables researchers to directly address several ethical issues that can be problematic in this type of research: gaining fully informed consent; in-group confidentiality; cultural misconceptions; and…
Descriptors: Moral Issues, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Action Research