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Reeves, Philip M.; Claydon, Jennifer; Davenport, Glen A. – Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, 2022
Purpose: Program evaluation stands as an evidence-based process that would allow institutions to document and improve the quality of graduate programs and determine how to respond to growing calls for aligning training models to economic realities. This paper aims to present the current state of evaluation in research-based doctoral programs in…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Doctoral Students, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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David Van Nguyen; Cecilia Rios-Aguilar; S. Michael Gaddis – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Research suggests that community college alumni may be underrepresented within PhD programs. As such, we implemented and evaluated the Community College to PhD (CC2PhD) Scholars Program at the University of California, Los Angeles. CC2PhD was a 7-month undergraduate research and PhD preparation program for community college sophomores in the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Alumni, Disproportionate Representation, Doctoral Programs
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Yasmine Dominguez-Whitehead; Felix Maringe – International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, 2020
Purpose: This paper provides a cross-national analysis of PhD supervision models, milestones and examination procedures in order to compare PhD programs and their practices. Design/methodology/approach: A comparative approach is employed, which systematically interrogates PhD supervision models, milestones and examination procedures in the United…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Models, Comparative Education, Educational Practices
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Shanks, Brenda; Dowden, Tony – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
The middle years of schooling (Years 5-9) has emerged as a significant field of educational research in the last two decades but investigation of specialised approaches to middle level teacher education has received little attention. The rationale for specialised programs or units is that middle level teachers require specific preparation to be…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Educators, Doctoral Programs
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Valdés Cuervo, Angel Alberto; Estévez Nenninger, Etty Haydeé; Wendlandt Amezaga, Teodoro Rafael; Vera Noriega, José Ángel – International Education Studies, 2015
From the researchers' perspective, the study aimed to identify factors affecting the functionality of postgraduate programs in natural sciences and engineering in a north-western Mexican state. Through the typical cases method, 25 researchers who worked in six doctorate programs in the region were selected. From the perception of these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Natural Sciences, Engineering Education
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Cosner, Shelby; Tozer, Steve; Zavitkovsky, Paul; Whalen, Samuel P. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2015
In 2013, the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) in its inaugural "Exemplary Educational Leadership Preparation" (EELP) program competition recognized University of Illinois at Chicago's (UIC) Doctorate in Urban Education Leadership as one of two EELP programs in the United States. This article provides information…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Educational Administration, Program Descriptions, Program Design
Roberts, Jalynn; Gentry, Debra; Townsend, Amy – Journal of Case Studies in Education, 2011
The purpose of this mixed-method study was to evaluate a Higher Education Administration doctoral program, to understand student perceptions of program quality, to improve both student satisfaction and retention to degree completion, and to plan for the future. Findings from survey data and focus group interviews indicated program strengths to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Administrator Education, Educational Administration, Mixed Methods Research
Nevin, Ann I.; Barbetta, Patricia; Cramer, Elizabeth – Online Submission, 2009
The mission for Urban SEALS (Special Education Academic Leaders), a federally funded doctoral preparation program, is to prepare doctoral-level special educators, including those who are culturally and/or linguistically diverse (CLD) to assume leadership roles in the education of urban students with disabilities who are CLD. This report provides…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Doctoral Programs, Program Effectiveness, Special Education Teachers