The Dissertation Can No Longer Be Defended

Autor/in	Patton, Stacey
Titel	The Dissertation Can No Longer Be Defended
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, (2013) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Doctoral Dissertations; Graduate Students; Educational Change; Nontraditional Education; Doctoral Programs; Technology Uses in Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Doctoral dissertation; Doctoral thesis; Doctoral theses; Dissertationsschrift; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Bildungsreform; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Doktorandenprogramm; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen
Abstract	The dissertation is broken, many scholars agree. Rethinking the academic centerpiece of a graduate education is an obvious place to start if, as many people believe, Ph.D. programs are in a state of crisis. Universities face urgent calls to reduce the time it takes to complete degrees, reduce attrition, and do more to prepare doctoral candidates for nonacademic careers, as students face rising debt and increased competition for a shrinking number of tenure-track jobs. Sentiment is growing to move beyond the traditional, book-length monograph to something that might actually help graduate students in their careers. Scholars cite numerous reasons why they believe that the dissertation is outdated and should no longer be a one-size-fits-all model for Ph.D. students. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10