This report examines the literature on the graduate student seeking the Ph.D. in the arts and sciences, the claims made about graduate student status, and research supporting or negating such claims. Major findings show that: (1) graduate students are concentrated in prestigious universities and most graduate students receive their undergraduate…

The major aim of this study was to examine commonly stated goals of Ph.D. programs, to test some of the different means used to promote selected objectives, including ones related to college teaching, research, and other significant services, and to assess how much progress the University of Minnesota Graduate School had made in these directions…

The authors offer rebuttal to critics of their earlier article critical of Nova University. (IRT)

The "Ingrowns" are traditional doctoral programs, the "Newcomers" are nontraditional doctoral programs. (IRT)

Application to analysis, planning, and scheduling of dissertation research and writing. (DAG)

Ranks and rates graduate speech communication departments as perceived by members of the Association for Communication Administration and the Speech Communication Association. Includes rankings for the following communication specializations: theory and research, interpersonal, organizational, rhetorical theory, public address, education, oral…

The University of Massachusetts-Amherst department of sociology offers a unique graduate program with faculty and students working together to produce mutually-authored articles, monographs, and books. Many doctoral dissertations are on applied topics in social policy and evaluation research. Graduates have been well placed in academia and other…

Twenty-seven random University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) member institutions were asked to submit two student programs for each doctoral degree offered. Analysis of the programs indicated that doctor of philosophy and doctor of education degrees in educational administration are virtually identical pursuits in UCEA member…

Examined type and amount of training in geropsychology available to students in doctoral programs in clinical and counseling psychology. Very little difference was found between responses of clinical and counseling programs and between this 1984 survey and one conducted in 1975-76. There seems to be a very small increase in training opportunities.…

The authors describe joint ventures between Georgia State University and three state colleges to develop and implement cooperative residential doctoral programs. When compared to the alternative of granting university status to state colleges, the programs are cost effective and provide opportunities to students without previous access to doctoral…

The University of South Dakota, which has the only doctoral level program in the state for the field of education, has mentored more than 150 Taiwanese students in its Division of Educational Administration. The participation of these students has created a global experiment for higher education and a learning context in which Eastern and Western…

This book introduces curriculum as knowledge, curriculum as work, and curriculum as professional practice. The author discusses curriculum from theoretical and practical perspectives to acquaint readers with the study of curriculum and help them to become effective curriculum practitioners. The book: (1) Emphasizes the various dimensions of…

The Carnegie Foundation commissioned a collection of essays as part of the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate (CID). Essays and essayists represent six disciplines that are part of the CID: chemistry, education, English, history, mathematics, and neuroscience. Intended to engender conversation about the conceptual foundation of doctoral…

Considers definition of biomedical engineering (BME) and how biomedical engineers should be trained. State of the art descriptions of BME and BME education are followed by a brief look at the future of BME. (TS)