Presents the results of a survey that examined the internship requirements by accredited doctoral Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) programs. Results suggest that although most programs perceive the internship requirement as beneficial, many participants expressed concern regarding the effects of the internship requirement on other aspects of…

Interviewed graduate students writing their dissertations and faculty members about factors influencing time-to-degree and completion rates in their departments. Complex findings indicated that factors related to financial support, degree requirements, departmental policies and practices, advising, and department climate affected these outcomes.…

According to responses from 23 of 52 doctoral nursing program directors and interviews with 16, newer programs tend to offer more general rather than specialized curricula. Only four identified community health nursing as a specialty, all in older, long-standing programs. (SK)

Doctoral candidates, selected from those competing for the ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) and UMI (University Microfilms International) doctoral awards, were invited to informally discuss their current research and future research plans with established researchers in information science. (Author/LRW)

Developed an enrollment process model and used it to study the decision process leading to enrollment in a university's doctoral business program through a questionnaire. Responses of 51 doctoral students provide insight into student behavior and the substance of the school's current market. (SLD)

The first six courses of this online program successfully increased participants' knowledge and perceived preparedness to provide pharmaceutical care. This success provided the stimulus for the development of the entire online Doctor of Pharmacy program. Participants felt that the online program facilitated more active and enhanced learning and…

Advocates and presents an illustrative structure for interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs in evaluation. Posits that the introduction of such programs will give prospective students options through which they can gain the knowledge, skills, and experience needed to conduct evaluations. Describes the interdisciplinary evaluation program at Western…

Describes an elective clerkship rotation in pharmacy education for PharmD students designed to develop their skills and stimulate their interest in the teaching and service aspects of academic life. Student feedback and evaluations of the rotation were very positive. (EV)

Doctoral students (N=109) in school psychology and educational administration responded to five decision problems whose outcomes were framed either positively as gains or negatively as losses. Frame and profession significantly affected the number of risky choices. Educational administration students made more risky choices than school psychology…

Recent developments suggest that the PhD is at a turning point. Professional groups have criticised the so-called traditional PhD. New routes to the PhD are proposed by several bodies and endorsed by one funding council. In light of these developments, it is appropriate to ask what the implications are for the PhD and for the academy. A focus…

This article describes "The Responsive PhD," an initiative that the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation launched in 2000 to explore the place of the PhD in society and the university. Over the previous decade, national studies and projects had identified a mismatch between the kinds of training PhDs receive in graduate school and the…

Many postgraduate students in Britain experience a 'mock' viva some time before their 'real' one, but little has been published on this aspect of gaining a Ph.D. or professional doctorate. In this study questionnaire data on the experiences and feelings of 29 UK postgraduate students concerning their mock vivas are summarized. The results suggest…

This chapter focuses on the role of graduate education in preparing future faculty members for engagement not only in the domain of discovery but also in the scholarships of application, integration, and teaching. (Contains 1 figure.)

At least 40% of the students who begin a doctoral program fail to complete it. This remarkable fact is one of the hidden flaws of a system usually touted as the crown jewel of the American higher education system. American graduate education is generally regarded as the best in the world, and yet, at the turn of the century, many researchers,…

Data limitations severe enough to undermine the validity of findings discomfort evaluators whenever they occur. Unfortunately, such occurrences are not infrequent, faced not only by a "freshly minted graduate of a respected doctoral program in evaluation" but also by seasoned professionals (Bamberger, Rugh, & Mabry, forthcoming). Data may be…