The authors investigated publications from dissertation research at nontraditional institutions. Results revealed that 7.1% of dissertations written at nontraditional institutions were published, whereas 18.4% of dissertations written at traditional institutions were published. In total, 11.2% of graduates of nontraditional doctoral programs and…

It is the best of times and worst of times to start a science career in the United States. Researchers today have access to powerful new tools and techniques--such as rapid gene sequencers and giant telescopes--that have accelerated the pace of discovery beyond the imagination of previous generations. But for many of today's graduate students, the…

The purpose of this study was to investigate what factors influenced students to enter the field of school psychology. Although numerous studies have documented the thoughts and perspectives of practitioners regarding why they have chosen to become school psychologists, attempts to recruit and retain an adequate number of school psychology…

This article discusses the timeframe of programs of doctoral study. By the time the 10th anniversary of their enrollment in a Ph.D. program has rolled around, about 57 percent of doctoral students have their terminal degrees in hand, according to new data from the Council of Graduate Schools. Perhaps the most interesting of the council's findings…

This study reports on the pedagogic rationale, didactic design and implications of an AHRC-funded doctoral training scheme in collaborative and digital multimedia in the humanities. In the second part of this article we discuss three areas of provision that were identified as particularly significant and/or controversial. These include (1) desktop…

Online higher education professors may find their teaching approaches conflict with the learning preferences of their globally dispersed students, which can impede academic performance. In this empirical study of 254 international doctorate students (across 23 cultures), a model was developed to assess how learning expectations affected…

What does it mean to use, or do, theory in the scholarship of teaching and learning? The article approaches the question by considering the role of design anthropology in developing studio-based engineering programmes. Central to my discussion within situated contexts of learning is the idea of practice-based exploration conceived as a way of…

This paper addresses the role of engineering PhD education and its relationship to innovation and technology, and the need to reconsider how we educate PhD engineers. Much of the effort on engineering education in the last two decades focused on undergraduate education with a few exceptions that relate to master degree programs. Doctoral education…

Due to a negative stigma that has been established about African Americans, many live their entire lives trying to "refute the degrading, humiliating and offensive racial images and stereotypes" that have plagued their race in scientific fields and in other areas of life. The images that are perpetuated have caused frustration as well as…

This article reports on the development, application and results of a skills evaluation inventory which was specifically designed to provide quantitative feedback on the effects of a three-day residential training course attended by PhD students early in their research careers. The course was developed at Imperial College London, partly in…

Dissertations are products of the places and times in which they are written. For one graduate student, enrolling in the doctoral program at State University of New York (SUNY) Albany, however, not only demonstrated how creative writers, composition teachers and theorists can mix together, but also illustrated that dissertation writing is not a…

Interviews with professors, students, and practicing administrators, and participation in lectures, seminars, and assessment procedures provided the basis for this investigation of educational administration programs at 12 prominent Canadian universities. (Author/IRT)

In spite of the severe changes in the environment of graduate education during the past 5 years, most departments have been able to adjust in ways that allow them to continue their programs. (Author)

This report examines the literature on the graduate student seeking the Ph.D. in the arts and sciences, the claims made about graduate student status, and research supporting or negating such claims. Major findings show that: (1) graduate students are concentrated in prestigious universities and most graduate students receive their undergraduate…