Toward a global PhD? : forces and forms in doctoral education worldwide / edited by Maresi Nerad & Mimi Heggelund.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nerad, Maresi.

Heggelund, Mimi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Doctor of philosophy degree.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education, University of Washington : In association with University of Washington Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Universities and nations have long recognized the direct contribution of graduate education to the welfare of the economy by meeting a range of research and employment needs. With the burgeoning of a global economy in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the economic outcome of doctoral education reaches far beyond national borders. Many doctoral programs in the United States and throughout the world are looking for opportunities to equip students to work in transnational settings, with scientists and researchers located across the globe. Nations competing within this global economy often have different and not always compatible motives for supporting graduate training. In this volume, graduate education experts explore some of the tensions and potential for cooperation between nations in the realm of doctoral education.The contributors assess graduate education in different systems around the world, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, the Nordic countries, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Many factors motivate the need for a global understanding of doctoral education, including the internationalization of the labor market and global competition, the expansion of opportunities for doctoral education in smaller and developing nations, and a declining interest among international students in pursuing their graduate education in the United States.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I Doctoral Education In Europe; 1 Germany; 2 United Kingdom; 3 Nordic Countries ; 5 The Bologna Process; 4 The European University Institute; II Doctoral Education In Africa, South America, and Mexico; 6 South Africa; 8 Mexico; 7 Brazil; III Doctoral Education In Australasia; 9 Australia; 10 Japan; 11 India; IV Doctoral Education In North America; 12 Canada; 13 United States of America; Conclusion; Appendix A - Past Differences, Current Commonalities, and Future Trends In Doctoral Education In Selected Countries

Appendix B - Seattle Declaration, September 2005Contributors; Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780295800486

0295800488

OCLC:

774404044