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Online-Ressource (298 p)
ISBN:
9781928331001
Content:
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Preface -- About the authors -- List of frequently used acronyms -- Chapter 1 - The demand for a doctorate:Global, African and South African contexts -- Introduction -- Internationally: An increasing number of PhDs? -- Africa needs tens of thousands more PhDs -- Trends in doctoral enrolment numbers -- Trends in doctoral graduation numbers -- Pipeline of graduates against enrolments -- Innovation in doctoral education -- South Africa: More PhDs to solve the quality problem -- Debates and discourses -- Different pressures on PhD production: A framework -- Dynamics of doctorate production -- The structure of this book -- Notes -- Chapter 2 - The demand to increase doctorates -- The early years of doctoral production in South Africa -- Post-apartheid policy on doctoral education -- Trends in doctoral enrolments since 1996 -- Trends in doctoral graduations since 1996 -- International comparison: How does South Africa fare? -- In conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3 - The demand for improved efficiency -- The tension between equity and efficiency in policy guidelines -- On defining efficiency -- The relationship between enrolment and graduation in efficiency -- Cohort tracking as a measure of doctoral graduate output efficiency -- International PhD completion rates: How does South Africa fare? -- The postgraduate pipeline: Progression and completion rates -- Efficiency defined as supervisor productivity -- In conclusion -- Chapter 4 - The demand for transformation -- Race, gender and nationality: The policy discourses -- Race of doctoral students: Trends in enrolments and graduations -- Gender of doctoral students: Trends in enrolments and graduations -- Nationality of doctoral students: Trends in enrolments and graduations.
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Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface; About the authors; List of frequently used acronyms; Chapter 1: The demand for a doctorate: Global, African and South African contexts; Chapter 2: The demand to increase doctorates; Chapter 3: The demand for improved efficiency; Chapter 4: The demand for transformation; Chapter 5: Improve the quality of doctoral education; Chapter 6: Multiple paths to success; Chapter 7: Incremental change and a paradigm shift; Chapter 8: Policy choices and implications; Appendix 1: Data sources and methodology
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Appendix 2: Responses to the presentation of preliminary findings from the Study on the Doctorate in South Africa (May 2014)Appendix 3: Current trends in PhD studies: A review of articles published on the University World News website (2013); Appendix 4: Government steering of doctoral production; Appendix 5: Additional data on the doctorate in South Africa; Appendix 6: Scenarios that will produce doctoral graduates by 2030; References
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781928331070
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781928331001
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Doctoral Education in South Africa
Language:
English
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