The Path to the Ph.D.: Measuring Graduate Attrition in the Sciences and Humanities

by National Research Council, Board on Higher Education and Workforce, Policy and Global Affairs

There is a growing concern among educators and policymakers about the level of attrition from Ph.D. programs in the sciences and humanities at some U.S. universities. Reliable estimates of graduate student attrition are difficult to obtain, however, because most information comes from the administrative records of individual institutions.

This book provides a summary of datasets that could be used to analyze patterns of graduate student...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309054826
• ISBN13: 9780309054829
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.9"