The Path to the Ph.D.:

Measuring Graduate Attrition in the Sciences and Humanities

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Publication Year:1996

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Ad Hoc Panel on Graduate Attrition Advisory Committee, Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council
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There is a growing concern among educators and policymakers about the level of attrition from Ph.D. programs in the sciences and humanities at some U.S. universities. Reliable estimates of graduate student attrition are difficult to obtain, however, because most information ...
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FRONT MATTER	i-xii	(skim)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY	1-2	(skim)
INTRODUCTION	3-12	(skim)
CURRENT APPROACHES TO THE MEASUREMENT OF GRADUATE ATTRITION	13-28	(skim)
IDENTIFYING FACTORS THOUGHT TO CONTRIBUTE TO GRADUATE ATTRITION	29-32	(skim)
CONCLUSION	33-34	(skim)
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY	35-44	(skim)
APPENDIX A	45-74	(skim)
APPENDIX B	75-78	(skim)

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There is a growing concern among educators and policymakers about the level of attrition from Ph.D. programs in the sciences and humanities at some U.S. universities. Reliable estimates of graduate student attrition are difficult to obtain, however, because most information comes from the administrative records of individual institutions.
This book provides a summary of datasets that could be used to analyze patterns of graduate student attrition and degree completion nationally, along with an analysis of recent studies on the subject. Based on this information, the committee examines the feasibility of designing a system to produce national estimates of graduate student attrition.

The Path to the Ph.D.:

Measuring Graduate Attrition in the Sciences and Humanities

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