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Book SynopsisD.Trade ReviewCompelling picture of graduate school life... highlights important factors that contribute to student persistence and success. DiverseEducation.com 2006 The book is impressive for not merely telling you what doctoral students are thinking... but in relating what they are thinking to how they are doing-mentally, financially, socially and professionally. University Affairs 2006 Quite possibly, Nettles and Millet have produced what will quickly become a seminal piece of scholarship regarding the Ph.D. Teachers College Record 2006 The first major study of doctoral education since In Pursuit of the PhD (1992)... the magnitude of this accomplishment cannot be overstated. Harvard Educational Review 2006 This book undoubtedly makes an important contribution to the research literature on doctoral education... It breaks important new ground. -- Chris Golde Review of Higher Education 2006 An unprecedented look at how students race, walk, or crawl to the finish line. -- Scott Jaschik Inside Higher Ed 2006 This informative, comprehensive, and enjoyable book goes far beyond the initial question about funding to examine essentially all aspects of the doctoral experience. -- Kelly Ward; Susan K. Gardner Journal of Higher Education 2008 Impressive... Will undoubtedly contribute to debates over how to improve doctoral education both in the UK and US, and indeed other countries. -- Ingrid Lunt Educational Review 2008Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgments1. A Map from the Past to the Present2. Context, Trends, and Conceptual Framework for Research3. Survey Design and Research Logistics4. Demographics of the Sample5. Admissions and Screening6. Financing a Doctoral Education7. Socialization8. Research Productivity9. Satisfaction, Performance, and Progress10. Rate of Progress, Completion, and Time to Degree11. Predicting Experiences and Performance12. Interpreting Field Differences13. Group-Specific Implications14. The Doctoral Student Experience: New Answers and New QuestionsAfterwordAppendix A: Criteria and Broad Major Fields Used in This StudyAppendix B: Social and Academic Outcomes of Doctoral Students in the Biological and Physical SciencesAppendix C: Survey of Doctoral Student Finances, Experiences, and AchievementsAppendix D: MethodologyAppendix E: Differential Effects of Attendance at Historically Black Colleges and UniversitiesAppendix F: Predicting Experiences and Performance Regression TablesAppendix G: Graduate Record Examination Scores: Missing Data and DistributionsReferencesIndex

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