The Path to the Ph.D. Measuring Graduate Attrition in the Sciences and Humanities (1996) / Chapter Skim
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Universities that have camed out comparative assessments of doctoral programs have found that departments with well-structured programs, clear expectations of graduate student performance and faculty responsibilities, and widely shared faculty commitments to encourage and facilitate students' progress have lower attrition rates and shorter times-to-degree than comparable departments whose programs lack those properties.
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Princeton,NI: Princeton University Press. The study reviews data from ten leading research universities regarding the educational experiences of 35,000 graduate students in English, history, political science, economics, mathematics, and physics, as well as the graduate experiences of 13,000 winners of prestigious national fellowships.
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of student departure by tracking student outcomes of an entering freshman class (fall 19SS) at a large southwestern institution.
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Washington, DC: NationalAcademy Press. This discussion paper examines recent trends affecting academic research in the U.S.; considers the impact of trends on the current academic research enterprise (the group of American universities and colleges performing significant research in the sciences and engineering)
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Census Bureau, the NRC Doctorate Records File, and various federal departments for finishing Valuate students in year groups Dom 1965 to 1983. It points out significant differences by field of study and type of financial support for graduate education.
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Five demographic factors proved to be significant: age; type of bachelor's degree; years between completion of the bachelor's degree and enrollment in an M.A. degree program; site; and the social science score on the Undergraduate Assessment Program Test.
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Poor communication and lack of guidance from faculty members were found to contribute to longer time-to-degree. The authors describe various research activities to address these issues, including quantitative analyses Sllpplemented with qualitative methods to develop a basis for designing recommendations and .
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The study discusses two findings: (~) that 288 undergraduate programs account for a majority of doctoral graduates in the natural sciences; and (2)
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Government Printing Office. This report examines the forces associated with elementary and secondary education that shape the talent pool; traces pathways to undergraduate and graduate education in science and engineering; and presents a discussion of policy areas for possible congressional action developed under two strategies labeled "retention" and "recmitment." 1989 Higher Education for Science and Engineering A Background Paper.
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Disciplinary differences in the conduct of graduate study are noted. The study found there is less attrition and shorter timeto-degree in the natural sciences than in the humanities and social sciences and that strong faculty supervision results in lower attrition and time-todegree in the sciences.
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