Globalization and Its Impacts on the Quality of PhD Education : Forces and Forms in Doctoral Education Worldwide.

Intro -- Globalization and Its Impacts on the Quality of PhD Education: Forces and Forms in Doctoral Education Worldwide -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Converging Practices in PhD Education -- 1. The Continuing Evolution of the Research Doctorate -- 2. Forces of Change in Doctoral Education: A Perspective from Four Early-Career Researchers -- 3. Global Forms and Local Forces: PhD Enrollments and Graduations in Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, and the United States -- 4. Evaluation and Quality Management in Europe, Mexico, and South Africa -- 5. Developing "Fit for Purpose" Research Doctoral Graduates: Increased Standardization of Quality Measures in Phd Education Worldwide -- 6. Doctoral Education in the Era of Globalization: Experience in Australia, Iceland, India, and South Africa -- 7. Doctoral Education as an Element of Cultural and Economic Prosperity: Nation Building in the Era of Globalization -- Conclusion: Where Are We, and Where to Next? -- Appendix: The Melbourne Declaration -- The Contributors -- Index -- GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON HIGHER EDUCATION.

Winner! Outstanding Publication Award 2015 - AERA Sig 168, Doctoral Education Across the Disciplines This book, the second in the projected three-volume Forces and Forms in Doctoral Education Worldwide series sponsored by the Center for Innovation in Graduate Education (CIRGE) at the University of Washington, invites readers to listen in as nearly thirty distinguished scholars and thought leaders confront urgent questions about doctoral education in a globalizing world.

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