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Rethinking Doctoral Qualifying Exams and Candidacy in the Physical Sciences: Learning toward Scientific Legitimacy
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Liera, Román; Rodgers, Aireale J.; Irwin, Lauren N.; Posselt, Julie R. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
There is growing awareness that established structures of higher education are often predicated on problematic assumptions about merit, excellence, and rigor. Doctoral qualifying exams, for example, are required to advance to candidacy in many Ph.D. programs despite decades of documented concerns about the implications of standard modes for…
Descriptors: Physics, Doctoral Programs, Case Studies, Physical Sciences
Exploring Factors That Impact Physical Science Doctoral Student Role Identities through a Multiple Case Study Approach
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McAlister, Anne M.; Lilly, Sarah; Chiu, Jennifer L. – Science Education, 2022
We explore how physical science doctoral students navigate their role identities throughout their graduate programme. Physical science doctoral students take on many academic roles in addition to the role of scientist, including researcher, educator, and student. When social expectations of roles become internalized, they become role identities.…
Descriptors: Student Role, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Students, Self Concept
Motivations and Influences in Chinese International Doctoral Students' Decision for STEM Study Abroad
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Yang, Yibo; Volet, Simone; Mansfield, Caroline – Educational Studies, 2018
Despite China's recent remarkable performance in high-quality research, the number of students going abroad to pursue doctoral degrees in STEM fields has been rising rapidly. This study investigates the motivations of Chinese international doctoral students (CIDS) in STEM fields for undertaking a PhD abroad, and the external factors influencing…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Study Abroad, Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs
Influences and Preferences among Doctoral Applicants When Selecting a Counselor Education Program.
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White, Arden; Hernandez, Nelda R. – 1990
Two samples of doctoral program participants were surveyed for opinions about factors of relative importance in their selection of a counselor education program. Replies came from a national stratified sample of 55 programs comprising 249 recent doctoral degree graduates plus a second sample consisting of 211 doctoral program entrants. Data were…
Descriptors: College Choice, Counselor Certification, Counselor Training, Decision Making
Doctoral Students' Perceptions of Institutional and Program Quality.
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Webb, Marion Stanton; And Others – College and University, 1996
A survey of 392 doctoral students in business at 12 private and public universities investigated the relationship between school type (public/private) and perceived institutional and program quality; the programs, facilities, or services needing improvement to change student perceptions; and the programs, facilities, and services considered…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Doctoral Programs, Educational Facilities, Educational Quality
Doctoral Programs: What Factors Attract Students.
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Webb, Marion Stanton; And Others – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 1996
A survey of 222 doctoral business students from private and public universities found 10 of 52 criteria important in selection of doctoral institution: programs, academic reputation, degree marketability, faculty contact time, accreditations, assistantship/campus employment, financial aid, placement reputation, completion time, and library size.…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Business Administration Education, College Administration, College Applicants