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Title What we know about the dramatic increase in PhD degrees and the reform of doctoral education worldwide: Implications for South Africa
Full text http://ahero.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=cshe&action=viewtitle&id=cshe_862
Date 2011
Author(s) Nerad, Maresi
Abstract Theories of the &ldquo - knowledge economy&rdquo - view knowledge, and particularly new knowledge, as a critical resource to enhance a nation&rsquo - s economic growth. Governments around the world have invested in doctoral education expansion. Reforms in doctoral education are being shaped by the changing needs of society, of research modes, and of a changed labor markets for PhD holders. The reform elements strive for excellence, expansion, quality assurance, accountability, and international and inter-sector network building. The expansion in doctoral studies has gone hand in hand with an increased flow of international doctoral students, the wish to become a world-class university, and the adoption of more standardized structures and practices of doctoral education. This paper ends with a number of promising reform practices that may be useful for South Africa&rsquo - s expanding doctoral systems, such as the introduction of postgraduate schools that help implement and initiate innovations in doctoral education on a campus with an eye to high quality.
Subject(s) Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral research, Doctoral Students, Duration of Studies, Indicators, Productivity
Coverage National Systems and Comparative Studies
Language English
Type of publication Journal Article (Peer Reviewed)
Format Pdf
Repository Cape Town - AHERO, University of Western Cape
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