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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)
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Gurr, Geoff M. – Higher Education Research & Development, 2001
Presents a model for the supervisory relationship between faculty and graduate research students. Defines "competent autonomy" and proposes it as a universal objective of the Ph.D. and of the model, which stresses alignment of supervisory style with student development. Use with Ph.D. students indicates that the model encourages students to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Graduate Students, Models, Research Assistants
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Dann, Stephen – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2008
Purpose: The paper aims to describe the application of two key service quality frameworks for improving the delivery of postgraduate research supervision. The services quality frameworks are used to identify key areas of overlap between services marketing practice and postgraduate supervision that can be used by the supervisor to improve research…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Quality Control, Marketing, Supervisors