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Humanities and Social Sciences Dissertation Bibliographies and Collections: The View from a STEM University
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Burrows, Trevor; Freeman, Robert S.; Heyns, Erla P.; Hérubel, Jean-Pierre V. M. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2019
This study utilized dissertation bibliographies produced at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, a STEM-oriented university, to ascertain how well Purdue's Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education Library supports doctoral research. To examine a critical mass of data, the authors gathered all the bibliographies of dissertations written…
Descriptors: Humanities, Social Sciences, Doctoral Dissertations, STEM Education
Skills versus Pedagogy? Doctoral Research Training in the UK Arts and Humanities
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Blaj-Ward, Lia – Higher Education Research and Development, 2011
The traditional "lone scholar" view of an Arts and Humanities doctoral student sits uneasily with the skills-based discourse underpinning policies aimed at enhancing researcher development and employability. This paper reports on a case study of a research training programme for doctoral students in the Arts and Humanities at a UK…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Principles, College Instruction
The Ph.D. and the Future
Woodruff, Neal – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1976
A report is made on the Conference on Alternative Careers for Doctoral Degree Recipients in the Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts, held in October 1975, sponsored by the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Michigan. (RM)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Opportunities, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs
Graduate Education: A National Investment in Knowledge. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools in the United States (Colorado Springs, Colorado, December 1-3, 1982).
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Council of Graduate Schools in the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1982
The national investment in graduate education is addressed in proceedings of the 1982 meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools in the United States (CGS). Proceedings of the CGS business meeting are also included. The keynote address by Howard R. Bowen, "Educational Possibilities for Our Grandchildren," is provided. Transcripts of the…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Doctoral Programs, Educational Opportunities, Females