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Jena Black – College and University, 2024
The following evaluation considered on-time degree completion at a graduate and professional school within a private R1 institution in the southeastern united states using social and academic domains. This evaluation also considered both institutional and individual student support. Further, it explored whether student experiences are consistent…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Professional Education, Professional Training, Time to Degree
Menjou, Mindy; Bednarczuk, Michael; Hunter, Amy – Institute for Justice, 2021
Cosmetology is one of the most widely and onerously regulated occupations for lower-income workers, yet little research has explored the experiences of aspiring beauty workers. This first-of-its-kind study takes advantage of federal educational data--including a large, and largely untapped, dataset on nondegree credentials and work experience…
Descriptors: Cosmetology, Certification, Dropouts, Debt (Financial)
Bednarczuk, Michael – Institute for Justice, 2021
A January 2021 executive order requires Utah executive agencies to identify occupational regulations that are no longer necessary or can be reined in to reduce barriers to entry. One regulation that should be on the table is cosmetology licensing. This policy brief draws on a national study to explore the experiences of people pursuing cosmetology…
Descriptors: Cosmetology, Debt (Financial), Dropouts, Certification
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Greene, Carol; Zugelder, Bryan S.; Warren, Louis L.; L'Esperance, Mark – Critical Questions in Education, 2020
This mixed-methods study, as part of program quality enhancement, investigated motivating factors of teachers choosing enrollment in an online master's degree in education in a state where legislative funding does not provide advanced degree pay. Students were surveyed at the conclusion of their program using a quantitative evaluation of…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Satisfaction, Masters Degrees, Teacher Education Programs
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Katsikas, Elias; Panagiotidis, Theodore – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2011
This study employs administrative and survey data to assess the relationship between students' socioeconomic background and educational outcomes, using regression and quantile regression methods. We take into account the existing institutional framework which allows differentiation in the duration of studies among students. We examine the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grades (Scholastic), Outcomes of Education, Socioeconomic Background
King, Darren; Eisl-Culkin, Judy; Desjardins, Louise – Statistics Canada, 2008
"Doctorate Education in Canada: Findings from the Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2005/2006" is the third paper in a series of reports written by the Learning Policy Directorate of Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) and the Centre for Education Statistics of Statistics Canada. Each report presents an overview of doctoral…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Degrees, College Graduates, Foreign Students
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Lefever, Karen H.; Atchison, Kathryn A.; McCauley, Kevin R.; Mito, Ronald D.; Engelhardt, Rita – Journal of Dental Education, 2003
A survey of dentists found that 48 percent supported a mandatory fifth year of dental training. Main reasons for support were the need for more instructional time and need for a transition year. Individual choice, no value in a fifth year, mentoring available elsewhere, and cost were cited in opposition. Differences existed among respondents who…
Descriptors: Dental Schools, Dentists, Graduate Surveys, Medical Education
Evangelauf, Jean – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
A new study reanalyzing previous data suggests that the widely publicized sharp increase in number of years to doctorates in the humanities is largely a statistical artifact. The new analysis finds an increase of 15 to 20 percent rather than the previously reported 38 percent in number of years to doctorate between 1972 and 1988. (DB)
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Educational Trends, Graduate Study, Higher Education
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Tuckman, Howard P.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1989
A study examined doctorate completion time in 11 scientific and engineering fields for 1967-86. On average, a 20 percent increase in completion time was found. Four measures of time are compared. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Educational Trends, Engineering, Higher Education
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Mishler, Carol; And Others – College and University, 1982
A study of transcripts of adult students and younger counterparts to examine patterns of credit load, stopping out, and the flow from special student status to matriculant is presented. Results support earlier findings about academic achievement, and presents new evidence that adult students' pace is generally brisker than previously assumed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Students, Attendance Patterns, Dropout Research
Volkwein, J. Fredericks; Lorang, Wendell G. – 1995
This study examined reasons that some full-time students take longer than normal to complete a bachelor's degree, and whether students who extend their program are more like those who take only 4 years to graduate or are more like dropouts. One part of the study reviewed 64 transcripts of all traditionally-admissible new freshmen who entered the…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Credits, College Graduates, Higher Education
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Jansen, E. P. W. A. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2004
During the last decade the demand for university education in the Netherlands has grown, and until two years ago there was still a yearly increase in the number of students attending university. However, not all of these students graduate and those that do often take longer than the programmed four years to finish their studies. The policy of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Academic Achievement
Armstrong, William B.; Barnes, Randall – 1994
To measure the amount of time it takes to earn an Associate of Arts degree at the San Diego Community College District, a study was undertaken of the number of years and number of semesters graduating students at three district colleges had been enrolled. A random sample of 300 students was drawn from the 1,130 students graduating in June 1992,…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Enrollment Trends
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Wodarski, John S.; And Others – Innovative Higher Education, 1988
Traditional Masters of Social Work (MSW) students versus extended MSW degree students who took a combination part-time/full-time work-study arrangement were compared. Comparisons were made on a variety of self-inventories, measuring attributes of personality, values and initial helping skills. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Masters Degrees, Multivariate Analysis
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Baird, Leonard L. – Research in Higher Education, 1990
A study based on national data found that the average duration of doctoral study was related to departmental emphases on scholarly careers and the resources to implement those emphases. Patterns varied by general discipline area and by specific discipline, suggesting a need for detailed analysis by discipline. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Biology, Comparative Analysis, Departments, Doctoral Programs
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