Three Magic Letters

Getting to Ph.D.

AvMichael T. Nettles,Catherine M. Millett

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

Drawing on the largest survey of doctoral students ever conducted, Three Magic Letters provides a compelling portrait of the graduate school experience and identifies key issues affecting the success and failure of doctoral students. Michael T. Nettles and Catherine M. Millett surveyed more than nine thousand students from the top twenty-one doctorate-granting institutions in the United States. Their findings, based on rational analysis of a vast amount of descriptive data, shed light on multiple factors critical to the progression of the doctoral degree, particularly adequate institutional funding and engaged and accessible faculty mentors. This comprehensive volume will provide faculty chairs, administrators, and students with information and evidence for assessing their policies, practices, and programs to improve the graduate school experience and the future of the Ph.D.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-04-12
Mått:152 x 229 x 30 mm
Vikt:635 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:368
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9780801882326

Utforska kategorier

Högskola och universitet inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Michael T. Nettles is the Senior Vice President for Policy Evaluation and Research at the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey, and Catherine M. Millett is a research scientist in the Policy Evaluation and Research Center, Educational Testing Service.

Recensioner i media

Compelling picture of graduate school life... highlights important factors that contribute to student persistence and success. DiverseEducation.com 2006 The book is impressive for not merely telling you what doctoral students are thinking... but in relating what they are thinking to how they are doing-mentally, financially, socially and professionally. University Affairs 2006 Quite possibly, Nettles and Millet have produced what will quickly become a seminal piece of scholarship regarding the Ph.D. Teachers College Record 2006 The first major study of doctoral education since In Pursuit of the PhD (1992)... the magnitude of this accomplishment cannot be overstated. Harvard Educational Review 2006 This book undoubtedly makes an important contribution to the research literature on doctoral education... It breaks important new ground. -- Chris Golde Review of Higher Education 2006 An unprecedented look at how students race, walk, or crawl to the finish line. -- Scott Jaschik Inside Higher Ed 2006 This informative, comprehensive, and enjoyable book goes far beyond the initial question about funding to examine essentially all aspects of the doctoral experience. -- Kelly Ward; Susan K. Gardner Journal of Higher Education 2008 Impressive... Will undoubtedly contribute to debates over how to improve doctoral education both in the UK and US, and indeed other countries. -- Ingrid Lunt Educational Review 2008

Innehållsförteckning

List of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgments1. A Map from the Past to the Present2. Context, Trends, and Conceptual Framework for Research3. Survey Design and Research Logistics4. Demographics of the Sample5. Admissions and Screening6. Financing a Doctoral Education7. Socialization8. Research Productivity9. Satisfaction, Performance, and Progress10. Rate of Progress, Completion, and Time to Degree11. Predicting Experiences and Performance12. Interpreting Field Differences13. Group-Specific Implications14. The Doctoral Student Experience: New Answers and New QuestionsAfterwordAppendix A: Criteria and Broad Major Fields Used in This StudyAppendix B: Social and Academic Outcomes of Doctoral Students in the Biological and Physical SciencesAppendix C: Survey of Doctoral Student Finances, Experiences, and AchievementsAppendix D: MethodologyAppendix E: Differential Effects of Attendance at Historically Black Colleges and UniversitiesAppendix F: Predicting Experiences and Performance Regression TablesAppendix G: Graduate Record Examination Scores: Missing Data and DistributionsReferencesIndex