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An international prognostic study, based on an acquisition model, of the degree Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.)
2009
This thesis documents an exploratory study of the degree Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.). It was prompted by the international existence of several contentious aspects of the degree (appropriateness, attrition, discrimination, employment, program emphasis, research competency evaluation, time to complete, unconventional programs). Because of the absence of any relevant theory, a model (Ph.D. acquisition model) was utilized as the conceptual framework for the investigation. This model incorporates
doi:10.20381/ruor-15411
fatcat:p2jj4jfczbb33crzmx3s32ywqa