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Download full textBreneman, David W. – 1970
This report analyzes departmental variations in time to degree and attrition in Ph.D. programs at Berkeley. An alternative hypothesis, the Ph.D. production function, is examined by cross-section econometric analysis of 28 departments. The inputs included in the production function were student variables--quality and percent males; faculty…
Descriptors: Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees, Dropout Rate, Graduate Study
Breneman, David W. – 1971
This report presents empirical data in support of the behavioral, demand-oriented theory of Ph.D. production. A close examination of the Ph.D. curricula of the English, Economics, and Chemistry departments at Berkeley, chosen as representative of the extremes of departmental behavior, demonstrates that requirements do differ substantially and in a…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs, Dropout Rate, Graduate Study
