Edited by Patrick Blessinger, International HETL Association, New York, USA; St. John’s University, New York, USADenise Stockley, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada

Editors Blessinger and Stockley present readers with a collection of academic essays and scholarly articles focused on contemporary and emerging trends and innovations in the doctoral education at universities throughout the world. The editors have organized the selections that make up the main body of the text in parts devoted to concepts an principles in higher education reform and change and successful practices in driving change in doctoral education. Patrick Blessinger is with the International HETL Association and a faculty member of St John’s University in New York. Denise Stockley is a faculty member of Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada.

• PART I: CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLESInnovative Approaches in Doctoral Education: An Introduction to Emerging Directions in Doctoral Education - Patrick Blessinger and Denise StockleyDoctoral Education for the Future: Through the Looking Glass - Gerard Hoyne, Julia Alessandrini and Marc FellmanScholar-in-Training; Leader-in-Training: The Rutgers University PreDoctoral Leadership Development Institute - Ralph A. Gigliotti, Brian D. Agnew, Christine Goldthwaite, Surabhi Sahay, Maria Dwyer and Brent D. RubenManaging the Psychological Contract within Doctoral Supervisory Relationships - Sally SambrookPART II: SUCCESSFUL PRACTICESDisciplinarity Issues in Educational Technology Doctoral Supervision - Gale Parchoma and Jeffrey M. KeeferLiving Theory in Action: Preparing a New Generation of Educational Researchers - Karen L. Ford, Elena Yu. Polush and Nancy J. BrooksCreating a Decolonized Alliance: American Indian and Alaska Native Doctoral Leadership Program - Kem M. Gambrell and Lazarina N. TopuzovaCollision and Coalescence – German and British Cultures in Doctoral Education - Wolfgang Deicke, Johannes Moes and Johannes SiemensClient-Based Dissertations in Practice - Kathleen M. Haywood, Kimberly R. Allen and Felicita A. MyersLearning like Adults: A Hybrid Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program for Mid-Career Professionals - Judith Beth Cohen, Jo Ann Gammel and Amy Rutstein-RileyApplying Self-Determination Theory to Improve Completion Rates in a Part-time Professional Doctorate Program - Grace McCarthy Differentiation and Integration: Managing the Paradox in Doctoral Education - Jon F. Wergin and Laurien AlexandreQualified … for What? The Potential for Qualifying Exams to Become Meaningful Professional Milestones - Jessica L. RiviereJoint Doctoral Supervision across Countries: Changes, Challenges and Considerations - Elise van den Hoven and Julia ConnellDeveloping Institutional Leadership for the Scholarship of Graduate Student Supervision: Lessons Learned in a Canadian Research-Intensive University - Anthony Clarke, Harry Hubball and Andrea Webb