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Global Competition, US Research Universities, and International Doctoral Education: Growth and Consolidation of an Organizational Field
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Taylor, Barrett J.; Cantwell, Brendan – Research in Higher Education, 2015
The heightened mobility of resources, ideas, and cultural practices across national borders--commonly known as "globalization"--entails changes in the contexts in which US research universities operate. We draw on recent developments in neo-institutional theory to understand these changes and their implications for the ways in which US…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Competition, Research Universities, Doctoral Programs
Within-Year Retention among Ph.D. Students: The Effect of Debt, Assistantships, and Fellowships
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Mendoza, Pilar; Villarreal, Pedro, III; Gunderson, Alee – Research in Higher Education, 2014
This study employs the 2007-2008 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study and the National Research Center's survey data, "A Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States," to investigate the (1) the effects of debt in relation to tuition and fees paid and (2) the effects of teaching assistantships,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Academic Persistence, Debt (Financial)
Completing the Three Stages of Doctoral Education: An Event History Analysis
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Ampaw, Frim D.; Jaeger, Audrey J. – Research in Higher Education, 2012
Doctoral programs have high dropout rates of 43% representing the highest among all post-baccalaureate programs. Cross sectional studies of doctoral students' retention have showed the importance of financial aid in predicting degree completion. These studies however, do not estimate the labor market's effect on doctoral student retention and…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Doctoral Programs, Labor Market, Predictor Variables
Students' Persistence in a Distributed Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership in Higher Education: A Mixed Methods Study
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Ivankova, Nataliya V.; Stick, Sheldon L. – Research in Higher Education, 2007
The purpose of this mixed methods sequential explanatory study was to identify factors contributing to students' persistence in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Distributed Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership in Higher Education by obtaining quantitative results from surveying 278 current and former students and then following up with…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Environment, Online Courses, Doctoral Programs
An Empirical Study of Factors Related to Expenditures and Revenues in Public Doctoral-Granting Universities
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Wing, Paul; Williams, Richard – Research in Higher Education, 1977
Empirical procedures for analyzing readily-available, regularly collected data are illustrated. The models described indicate that major research universities and other doctoral-granting institutions are different in terms of their expenditure and revenue patterns, and that student-related variables are of secondary importance in determining those…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Doctoral Programs, Expenditures, Higher Education
The Interaction of Student and Program Variables for the Purpose of Developing a Model for Predicting Graduation from Graduate Programs Over a 10-Year Period
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Cook, Marlene M.; Swanson, Austin – Research in Higher Education, 1978
Focus is on two areas: (1) the factors available to the selection committee when students apply for admission into graduate programs, and (2) those factors emerging after admission, resulting from students' meeting program-imposed requirements for graduation. Program variables are shown to be more important than admission variables. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Doctoral Programs, Factor Analysis, Graduate Students