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Direct linkBarnes, Benita J.; Randall, Jennifer – Research in Higher Education, 2012
Previous research suggests that it is the department, not the graduate school that bears the greatest responsibility for doctoral students' progress and success (Ehrenberg et al., Doctoral education and the faculty of the future (pp. 15-34). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, "2009") dictating the need to examine and understand how doctoral…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Doctoral Programs, Rating Scales, Humanities
Peer reviewedRoemer, Robert E. – Research in Higher Education, 1983
Patterns of degree selection in 1970-71 and 1978-79 are compared with each other and with that of men. The rate at which women's representation in a field changes is judged by an index of rate of change, and the redistribution of women among fields is analyzed. Possible explanations are offered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Degrees (Academic), Educational Trends, Females
Chang, June C. – Research in Higher Education, 2005
The present study describes the level of faculty-student interaction on 2-year college campuses, examines student characteristics correlated with faculty contact, and considers how interaction may differ among racial subgroups of students. Using data collected from the Transfer and Retention of Urban Community College Students (TRUCCS) survey, a…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Community Colleges, Minority Groups, College Faculty
Smyth, Frederick L.; McArdle, John J. – Research in Higher Education, 2004
Using Bowen and Bok's data from 23 selective colleges, we fit multilevel logit models to test two hypotheses with implications for affirmative action and group differences in attainment of science, math, or engineering (SME) degrees. Hypothesis 1, that differences in precollege academic preparation will explain later SME graduation disparities,…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Gender Differences, Science Education, Graduation Rate
