The Evaluation of Ph.D. Dissertations

Anderson, Earl W.; Walters, Everett; Colwell, Brad

doi:10.1080/00221546.1961.11777659

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“…Evident was a reluctance to alter degree requirements, such as cutting course requirements, fixing the duration of PhD studies, or replacing the dissertation with other peer-reviewed work. This is an intriguing result, given ongoing debate within several disciplines about the purpose and value of the PhD dissertation in achieving the goals of the degree (Anderson, 1961;Monaghan, 1989). A comprehensive survey of graduate schools in Europe by the UK Council for Graduate Education (1998) found that approximately half of universities in the UK have a second set of regulations for the award of the degree of PhD, which allow the candidate's thesis to consist entirely or largely of published work.…”

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What You Don't Know: Graduate Deans' Knowledge of Doctoral Completion Rates

Elgar

Klein

2004

High Educ Policy

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Doctoral completion and times-to-completion are issues of growing concern in the university community. Research on student completion difficulties has focused on student characteristics and student-supervisor relations. This article addresses the administration of graduate programs -more specifically, graduate deans' knowledge of and attitudes toward doctoral completion rates and times-tocompletion. A survey was carried out involving graduate deans from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Data showed most deans were unable to report doctoral completion percentages and completion times. Still, they rated completion at their universities as relatively good. Their lack of information may hinder attempts to improve trends in doctoral completion. Improved surveillance of students' progress in doctoral programs may aid deans in evaluating the impact of program requirements and economic factors on doctoral completion and graduate studies in general.

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