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Direct linkJill Alexa Perry – Myers Education Press, 2023
"Reclaiming the Education Doctorate: A Guidebook for (re)Designing EdD Programs" is a practical guide for those seeking to (re)design a professional practice doctorate program in education that prepares Scholarly Practitioners. To tackle the comprehensive change process necessary for (re)designing the EdD, this book will guide the reader…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Graduate Study, Program Development, Educational Development
Cassuto, Leonard; Weisbuch, Robert – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021
For too many students, today's PhD is a bridge to nowhere. Imagine an entering cohort of eight doctoral students. By current statistics, four of the eight--50%!--will not complete the degree. Of the other four, two will never secure full-time academic positions. The remaining pair will find full-time teaching jobs, likely at teaching-intensive…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Career Readiness, Education Work Relationship, Student Centered Learning
Taysum, Alison, Ed.; Rayner, Stephen, Ed. – International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, 2014
This volume acknowledges the need for better understanding in leadership, management and administration of new knowledge which is crucial for effective leadership in a period of massive policy reform and deepening austerity in education. The doctorate is key to meeting this global challenge as it offers new and valid ways of enabling innovation…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Leadership Training, Educational Improvement, Leadership Effectiveness
Orr, Margaret Terry – School Administrator, 2007
The value of the doctorate in educational administration has been debated in recent years over its appropriateness as a qualification for superintendency. Underlying these debates are two overlapping trends. One is increasing program availability and shifts in institutional type, and the second is changes in program content and dissertation…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Program Content, Leadership Effectiveness, Educational Administration
Peer reviewedAbrera, Josefa B. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1987
This examination of the literature on doctoral programs, dissertations, and graduates in library and information science identifies trends in the establishment and development of these programs, as well as overriding themes in the literature during three time periods based on the publication of the landmark Danton report in 1959. (CLB)
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewedKussrow, Paul G. – SRA Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1993
This article proposes that preparation of a sponsored research proposal is a reasonable alternative to the doctoral dissertation as a means of demonstrating scholarly ability. The skills needed to complete a dissertation are seen as similar to those for developing, writing, and submitting a major proposal for federally sponsored research. (MSE)
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Programs, Educational Innovation, Grantsmanship
Download full textCouncil of Graduate Schools in the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1991
Findings and recommendations presented in this study of the role and nature of doctoral disserations are based on deliberations of a task force of graduate school deans and 48 reports submitted by selected universities. Findings are offered in the areas of: distinguishing characteristics of dissertation research and dissertations; originality,…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Programs, Higher Education
Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC. – 1983
Designed for college and university departments and students, this guide provides a comprehensive listing of current graduate programs in geography in the United States and Canada. Following an explanation of the guide format, 146 of the total 169 graduate departments of geography are listed alphabetically under sections for each country.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Degree Requirements, Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Programs
Council of Graduate Schools in the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1990
Guidance is offered for reviewing current Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) programs and for establishing new ones. Typical academic and institutional contexts of Ph.D. programs in the United States and Canada and the standards and quality which lead to successful Ph.D. programs are presented. Part One addresses the nature and purpose of the doctoral…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Administration, College Admission, Degree Requirements
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1990
This report responds to the California State Legislature request to examine the time needed to complete a doctoral degree and make recommendations relative to methods of increasing the rate of progress toward receiving doctoral degrees through the University of California without compromising the integrity of the academic process. The report…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Degree Requirements, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees
