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Zusman, Ami – Journal of Higher Education, 2017
Since 1990, new types of doctoral degrees--most in professions that never had doctorates before--surged into the higher education scene in the United States and elsewhere. In the United States, new "professional practice doctorates" were created in more than a dozen fields, and programs for these doctorates skyrocketed from near 0 in…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs, Professional Education, Comparative Analysis
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Johnsrud, Linda K.; Banaria, Jocelyn Surla – Educational Perspectives, 2004
Although doctoral education in the United States is highly regarded and commands international respect, it is now under close scrutiny from a number of perspectives. Those who aspire to the doctorate (the students) and those who prepare doctorates (the faculty) have often offered their opinion on the quality of their experience and suggested…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Schools of Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis