Students' Perspectives on Their Master's Degree Experiences: Disturbing the Conventional Wisdom

Conrad, Clifton F.; Duren, Katherine M.; Haworth, Jennifer Grant

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“…In addition, as Gardner (2007) points out, the majority of the extant literature encompasses all graduate school socialization, rather than examining the socialization and peer support by degree level. The importance of researching and understanding peer support by degree level is illustrated by Conrad, Duren, and Haworth (1998) in their work examining the dramatic differences in the structure and culture between master's and doctoral level education. Weidman, Twale, and Stein (2001) described four developmental stages of socialization in doctoral education: anticipatory stage, formal stage, informal stage, and personal stage.…”

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Exploring Student Success in a Doctoral Program: The Power of Mentorship and Research Engagement

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The study explored features of an educational doctoral program that enhances doctoral student success. Doctoral student success is defined broadly to include not only completion and retention rates, but also the ability of the program to produce effective scholars in the field. The study utilized a mixed-method approach, incorporating quantitative and qualitative data from both alumni and current doctoral students. A total of 113 students participated in the survey and another 20 students participated in two parallel focus group discussions. A factor analysis of the 31-item-survey identified six dimensions representing different aspects of the doctoral program with an internal consistency measure of reliability ranging from 0.76 to 0.97. Quantitative and qualitative findings converged in highlighting the importance of Program Support/Program Structure, Advisor Support/Faculty Mentorship, and Research Engagement/Formation of Scholars on doctoral students’ success. These features incorporate effective socialization activities within the program. The study recommends that doctoral programs incorporate research engagement and effective mentorship activities into the program’s structure for sustainable scholarship.

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Exploring Student Success in a Doctoral Program: The Power of Mentorship and Research Engagement

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“…The degree level often marks dramatic differences not only in structure but in culture as well (Conrad, Duren, & Haworth, 1998). Equally, the discipline is the home and central reference point to the graduate student (Berelson, 1960;Bowen & Rudenstine, 1992;Heiss, 1970).…”

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“I Heard it through the Grapevine”: Doctoral Student Socialization in Chemistry and History

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Twenty doctoral students in the disciplines of chemistry and history were interviewed to better understand the socialization processes that influence their success and how these processes differ by year in the degree program and disciplinary culture. Five major themes emerged describing these socialization processes and how they facilitate or impede degree success, including Ambiguity, describing the programmatic guidelines and expectations that surrounded much of the students' experience; Balance, pointing to the students' need to balance graduate school responsibilities along with external relationships and demands; Independence, describing the students' desire to find equilibrium as they transitioned to the role of independent scholar; Development, highlighting the significant cognitive, personal, and professional development that occurs in these students' graduate experience; and Support, describing the faculty, peer, and financial support needed for the students' success in their degree programs. Suggestions for policy, practice, and further research are discussed.

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“…No Brasil, o mestrado acadêmico é um grau com forte vocação para a preparação para a pesquisa, estabelecendo as fundações teóricas e de metodologia de trabalho que serão aprofundadas durante o doutorado. A valorização do mestrado na realidade brasileira contrasta com a negligência que o mestrado, enquanto grau acadêmico, sofre em outros países europeus e nos Estados Unidos (Conrad, Duren, & Haworth, 1998). Em nosso estudo, usamos as publicações anteriores como variável de controle, mas importará explorar melhor o leque de competências adquiridas anteriormente como preditor da capacidade de publicar (Conley & Önder, 2014).…”

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O Efeito da Publicação Científica do Orientador na Publicação dos Seus Orientados

2017

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Resumo Neste artigo analisamos o efeito da orientação na produção científica dos alunos de doutorado em Administração. A questão essencial de pesquisa é como a competência em produção científica (publicação de artigos) do professor orientador pode influenciar a produção dos orientados doutorados. Por meio de um estudo empírico quantitativo realizado com dados secundários numa base de 313 orientados e 127 professores orientadores de quatro universidades brasileiras, analisamos a relação entre o volume e qualidade das publicações do professor orientador com o volume e qualidade das publicações do orientado, utilizando regressões lineares múltiplas. Analisamos, assim, o impacto da orientação como preditor da competência de publicação futura dos doutores. Encontramos evidência de que há uma relação significativa entre a qualidade das publicações do orientador e a qualidade das publicações do orientado, mas não houve evidência de que exista uma influência sobre a quantidade de publicações do orientado doutorado. Este estudo contribui ao demonstrar que a produção científica do orientador - em termos de qualidade e quantidade - está diretamente ligada à do estudante, com implicações para os programas doutorais e para os estudos sobre a produção científica.

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Students' Perspectives on Their Master's Degree Experiences: Disturbing the Conventional Wisdom

Abstract: The master's degree is much underestimated as a contributor to effective careers.

Cited by 26 publications

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Exploring Student Success in a Doctoral Program: The Power of Mentorship and Research Engagement

Exploring Student Success in a Doctoral Program: The Power of Mentorship and Research Engagement

“I Heard it through the Grapevine”: Doctoral Student Socialization in Chemistry and History

O Efeito da Publicação Científica do Orientador na Publicação dos Seus Orientados

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