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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