| On Time to the Doctorate: A Study of the Lengthening Time to Completion for Doctorates in Science and Engineering Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Policy and Global Affairs (Author), Office of Scientific and Engineering Per (Author) |
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ISBN: 030904085X ISBN-13: 9780309040853 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Study & Teaching - Education | Higher |
| Dewey: 507.117 |
| LCCN: 89062949 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6.94" W x 8.28" (0.66 lbs) 187 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A need exists for better models of what contributes to changes in the time that students take to complete doctorate degrees. Utilizing numerous data sources, On Time to the Doctorate presents a new model to explain changes in both total time to the doctorate and in the several components of time to the doctorate. It examines the lengthening time to the doctorate in many fields (chemistry; physics and astronomy; earth, atmospheric, and marine sciences; mathematical sciences; engineering; agricultural sciences; biological sciences; health sciences; psychology; economics; and all other social sciences) and provides theoretical explanations for this lengthening time. This thorough and current analysis of time to the doctorate provides an up-to-date, extensive review of the literature and an exposition of data not available elsewhere. |