The impact of the doctorate

Was it worth it? A qualitative exploration into graduate perceptions of doctoral value

“…Raising early awareness of potential career paths (Mangematin, 2000) and enabling researchers to access the diverse systems of support and institutional resource (McAlpine & Turner, 2012) is paramount in encouraging engagement with value-added opportunities. Personalised development that aligns with individual career trajectories (rather than a set of 'employability skills') can help to mesh the needs of society and employers with individual satisfaction (Halse & Mowbray, 2011). This model may contribute to improved awareness of the value of employing doctoral graduates, and better partnerships with employers.…”

Doctorates in the dark: Threshold concepts and the improvement of doctoral supervision

“…For New Zealand, policy developments to increase the education levels of Māori and Pacific peoples (Ministry of Education, 2011) have also contributed to an increase in student numbers, but all factors indicate an increased diversity of students in terms of ethnicity, age, language, full-time/part-time, and on-campus/distance (Education Counts, 2013;Group of Eight, 2013). As a consequence, the "massification" of doctoral enrolments world-wide is placing increasing pressure on educational institutions, funding agencies, and governments to re-examine how they view and manage quality in doctoral education (Halse & Mowbray, 2011;Luca & Wolski, 2013;OECD, 2013, p. 55;UNESCO, 2014).…”

An Analysis of Doctoral Dissertations Based on the Sex of Supervisors: A Case of Sociology Departments in Turkey

“…The only 63 of 169 universities have been admitting students for undergraduate program of sociology departments. 3 Furthermore, just the 25 of those 63 universities have a doctoral program in sociology and doctoral dissertation has been conducted only in 14 universities of all them. 4 The data of this study were collected from May, 2012 to Apr, 2013.…”

“…A doctoral program therefore entails that candidate should complete a research required for acceptance of a dissertation [1]. Doctoral candidate, in turn, should be accepted as potential scholars who will have an important role in national research systems in the near future [2], [3], [4].…”