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Summary Report: Student Attrition. Graduate Study in Psychology 2016
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Michalski, Daniel S.; Cope, Caroline; Fowler, Garth A. – American Psychological Association, 2016
The 2016 Graduate Study in Psychology Summary Report reflects data collected from nearly 500 departments and programs offering master's and doctoral degrees in psychology and related training. Participating departments and programs are listed in the annual "Graduate Study in Psychology" book; published each August as a joint effort of…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Graduate Students, Psychology, Student Attrition
Summary Report: Tuition and Financial Aid. Graduate Study in Psychology 2016
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Cope, Caroline; Michalski, Daniel S.; Fowler, Garth A. – American Psychological Association, 2016
The 2016 Graduate Study in Psychology Summary Report reflects data collected from nearly 500 departments and programs offering master's and doctoral degrees in psychology and related training. Participating departments and programs are listed in the annual "Graduate Study in Psychology" book; published each August as a joint effort of…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Graduate Students, Psychology, Tuition
Doctoral Studies in Spain: Changes to Converge with Europe in the Internationalisation of the Doctorate
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Ramírez, Magdalena Jiménez – Educational Research and Reviews, 2016
In Spain, the organisation of doctoral studies has been substantially modified to come into line with the changes introduced by the agenda of the Bologna process. These changes have been specified in a number of statements by European Ministers of Education, and have required alterations to Spanish doctoral regulations. The aim of these changes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Global Approach, Educational Change
Negotiating a "Scary Gap": Doctoral Candidates, "Writing Up" Qualitative Data and the Contemporary Supervisory Relationship
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Humphrey, Robin; Simpson, Bob – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2013
The complex task of "writing up" qualitative data provides difficulties and challenges for both doctoral candidates and their supervisors, which can often result in detrimental effects on the supervisory relationship. These effects can be heightened by the pressures currently felt by supervisors, not least to ensure their supervisees…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Statistical Data
Beyond the GRE: Using a Composite Score to Predict the Success of Puerto Rican Students in a Biomedical PhD Program
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Pacheco, Wendy I.; Noel, Richard J., Jr.; Porter, James T.; Appleyard, Caroline B. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2015
The use and validity of the Graduate Record Examination General Test (GRE) to predict the success of graduate school applicants is heavily debated, especially for its possible impact on the selection of underrepresented minorities into science, technology, engineering, and math fields. To better identify candidates who would succeed in our program…
Descriptors: Puerto Ricans, Predictor Variables, Success, Doctoral Programs
Fifteen Years of Research on Graduate Education in Economics: What Have We Learned?
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Stock, Wendy A.; Siegfried, John J. – Journal of Economic Education, 2014
In this article, the authors summarize their 15 years of research on graduate education in economics in the United States. They examine all stages of the process, from the undergraduate origins of eventual economics PhDs to their attrition and time-to-degree outcomes. For PhD completers, the authors examine job market outcomes, research…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Economics, Educational Research, Graduate Study