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Differentiating the EdD and the PhD in Higher Education: A Survey of Characteristics and Trends
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Foster, Holly A.; Chesnut, Steven; Thomas, James; Robinson, Courtney – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2023
Purpose: Higher education, as a field of study, is one of the few programmatic areas that offer two doctoral degrees: The Doctor of Education (EdD) and the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). In the United States, the two degrees are often conflated. Conversations, to this point, have done more to contribute to the theoretical debate than to operationally…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Students, Doctoral Degrees, Differences
Assessing Student Learning in the Major Field of Study
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Volkwein, J. Fredericks – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
Assessing student attainment in the major field of study is increasingly important to employers and accrediting bodies alike. Construction and manufacturing firms do not like engineers who design faulty bridges and airplanes. Marketing firms want to hire students who understand the difference between a niche market and a global market. School…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Academic Achievement, Student Evaluation, Case Studies
Admission Data in English Graduate Programs: GRE Scores and Grade-Point Averages.
Barbour, James; And Others – ADE Bulletin, 1986
Contains the minimum Graduate Record Examination and grade point average requirements for graduate English programs of over 70 universities. (EL)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, College English, College Entrance Examinations