The Path to the Ph.D.: Measuring Graduate Attrition in the Sciences and Humanities

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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 ...
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Overview

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.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780309054829
  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • Publication date: 12/30/1996
  • Pages: 90
  • Product dimensions: 8.43 (w) x 10.86 (h) x 0.29 (d)

Table of Contents

Executive Summary 1
1 Introduction 3
Changes in the Academic Environment 3
Transformations in Size and Organization 4
Concerns about Rates of Attrition and Patterns of Degree Attainment 7
Origins and Scope of the Study 8
Organization of this Report 9
2 Current Approaches to the Measurement of Graduate Attrition 13
The Concept of "Attrition" at the Graduate Level 13
Contemporary Estimates of Attrition 16
3 Identifying Factors Thought to Contribute to Graduate Attrition 29
Interviews with Noncompleters 29
Longitudinal Analyses of Linked Data Sets 29
Educational Testing Service 30
4 Conclusion 33
Annotated Bibliography 35
App. A Data Bases for Studies of Graduate Education in the United States 45
App. B Basic Design Parameters of a Longitudinal Tracking System for Doctoral Students 75
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