Globalization and Its Impacts on the Quality of PhD Education

Nerad, Maresi; Evans, Barbara K.

doi:10.1007/978-94-6209-569-4

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“…The universities and Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) may take serious steps to lessen the severity and “tragedy” of the state of “waiting to reach the destination of doctorate.” This study is a source of information to the candidates, faculty, administration and external evaluator about one of the most critical issues emerging in the life of doctoral candidates and it would also encourage and motivate the candidates to continue their higher studies without the fear of hindrances during the process of doctorate, and they would be able to work with the best of their efforts. Moreover, “in order to participate successfully in this transformed global context, national Ph.D. education programs need not only to be excellent, efficient, and transparent but also to be recognized as such internationally” ( Nerad and Evans, 2014 , p. 1). Also, “doctoral education worldwide is converging in the sense that top national or regional flagship programs now have similar principles and structures, resulting in an intensified stratification of doctoral education training, and bringing about new tensions in doctoral education” ( Nerad, 2020 ).…”

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The Beginning of More Worries: Doctoral Candidates’ Untold Stories After Submission of Dissertation

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The present study focused on this particular situation in which doctoral candidates become anxious, impatient, and disappointed while experiencing a prolonged delay in processing their dissertation during and after the submission. The researchers tend to explore doctoral candidates’ storied experiences they had while confronting such procedural barriers and delays. We undertook a narrative mode of inquiry to explore the events and storied experiences through interviewing doctoral candidates from public universities in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. Nine doctoral candidates were selected through snowball sampling with the criterion of including those participants who were waiting for their external reviews at least for more than 1 year. From the narratives, the emergent themes include supervisors’ mutual relationships, the pressure of paper publication, lack of administrative support, external evaluation and follow-up and stress of delayed evaluation. The study has implications for relaxing procedural formalities during and after submission of a doctoral dissertation to facilitate students in the timely attainment of their doctoral degrees.

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The Beginning of More Worries: Doctoral Candidates’ Untold Stories After Submission of Dissertation

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“…There has been an increase in the share of international doctoral students in major developed countries (Nerad and Evans, 2014; OECD, 2008). This trend has also been apparent in Finland (Ministry of Education and Culture, 2015).…”

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More or less engaged in doctoral studies? Domestic and international students’ satisfaction and motivation for doctoral studies in Finland

Sakurai

Vekkaila

Pyhältö

2017

Research in Comparative and International Education

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This study examines whether students who started their doctoral degree with different motivation profiles differ in their emotional engagement in their studies, and how this pattern differs between domestic and international students in Finland. This study used survey data collected from 1064 domestic and 120 international students. The results showed that students who started their degree with a low motivation to extend their career prospects were significantly less satisfied with their studies. Interestingly, the students in the group with the lowest level of interest in their research work were nonetheless fairly satisfied in their studies if their motivation to develop their career prospects was at a moderate level. The international students embarked upon their doctoral programmes with a greater wish to develop their career prospects and were more satisfied with their doctoral studies. The discussion emphasises that students, specifically domestic students, become more aware of the meaningfulness of doctoral studies for their career opportunities, which helped them to engage more positively with their doctoral studies.

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“…Essa tendência de crescimento não é uma exclusividade brasileira, constituindo um fenômeno internacional observado e estudado em diferentes países (Walker et al, 2012;Nerad;Evans, 2014;OECD, 2016a).…”

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A Trajetória dos Estudantes de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu no Brasil: atrito e tempo para conclusão nos cursos de mestrado e doutorado

Colombo

2019

Cadernos De Estudos E Pesquisas Em Políticas Educacionais

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Globalization and Its Impacts on the Quality of PhD Education

Cited by 44 publications

References 13 publications

The Beginning of More Worries: Doctoral Candidates’ Untold Stories After Submission of Dissertation

The Beginning of More Worries: Doctoral Candidates’ Untold Stories After Submission of Dissertation

More or less engaged in doctoral studies? Domestic and international students’ satisfaction and motivation for doctoral studies in Finland

A Trajetória dos Estudantes de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu no Brasil: atrito e tempo para conclusão nos cursos de mestrado e doutorado

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