Doctoral education and the faculty of the future /

Doctoral education and the faculty of the future / [print] edited by Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Charlotte V. Kuh. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2009. - ix, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Papers originally presented at a conference held in Oct. 2006 at the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute.



Changing the education of scholars: an introduction to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Graduate Education Initiative Advocating apprenticeship and intellectual community: lessons from the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate Confronting common assumptions: designing future-oriented doctoral education Generating doctoral degree candidates at liberal arts colleges Undergraduate STEM research experiences: impact on student interest in doing graduate work in STEM fields Minority students in science and math: what universities still do not understand about race in America The Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute: a successful model for increasing minority representation in the mathematical sciences Ronald G. Ehrenberg ... [and others] -- The Council of Graduate Schools' PhD completion project Daniel D. Denecke, Helen S. Frasier, Kenneth E. Redd -- Chris M. Golde ... [and others] -- Three ways of winning doctoral education: rate of progress, degree completion, and time to degree Catherine M. Millett, Michael T. Nettles -- Maresi Nerad -- Robert J. Lemke -- Myles Boylan -- Richard Tapia, Cynthia Johnson -- Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Carlos Castillo-Garsow -- Curriculum intensity in graduate preparatory programs: the impact on performance and progression to graduate study among minority students in economics Assessing programs to improve minority participation in the STEM fields: what we know and what we need to know Increasing women's representation in the life sciences Attracting and retaining women in engineering: the Tufts University experience Do foreign doctorate recipients displace U.S. doctorate recipients at U.S. universities? / Liang Zhang -- Opening (and closing) doors: country-specific shocks in U.S. doctoral education What the "war on terror" has meant for U.S. colleges and universities Looking to the future Charles Becker, Gregory Price -- Cheryl Leggon, Willie Pearson Jr. -- First a glass ceiling, now a glass cliff? The changing picture for women in science and higher education careers M. R. C. Greenwood -- Jong-on Hahm -- Linda Abriola, Margery Davies -- Emily Blanchard, John Bound, Sarah Turner -- Michael A. Olivas -- Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Charlotte V. Kuh.



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Doctor of philosophy degree--United States--Congresses.
Universities and colleges--Graduate work--United States--Congresses.
Universities and colleges--Faculty--United States--Congresses.

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