Change and Continuity in Australian Doctoral Education: PhD Completion Rates and Times (2005-2018)

Autor/in	Torka, Marc
Titel	Change and Continuity in Australian Doctoral Education: PhD Completion Rates and Times (2005-2018)
Quelle	In: Australian Universities' Review, 62 (2020) 2, S.69-82 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0818-8068
Schlagwörter	Educational Policy; Educational Trends; Time to Degree; Academic Persistence; Graduation Rate; Student Characteristics; Intellectual Disciplines; Institutional Characteristics; Doctoral Degrees; Doctoral Students; Scholarships; Full Time Students; Foreign Students; Age Differences; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsentwicklung; Geisteswissenschaften; Doctoral degree; Doktorgrad; Doctoral studies; Doctorate studies; Student; Students; Doctoral candidate; Doktorandenprogramm; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Doktorand; Doktorandin; Scholarship; Stipendium; Vollzeitstudium; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Australia is following a global trend in doctoral education policy to improve PhD completion times and rates. It is widely believed that accurate data on PhD completion are needed to assess the success of reforms and drive changes in doctoral education. In this article, new national completion data (2005-2018) provided by the Australian Department of Education and Training (DET) have been employed to examine changes and continuities in the Australian doctoral education system. The findings demonstrate that Australian completion rates and times have changed only slightly over time, exceed normative expectations and systematically differ by student characteristics, disciplines and institutions. The article suggests that better completions data are needed to guide detailed research into the structural conditions that determine completion. This knowledge would help to base future reforms on evidence rather than normative expectations and to realign expected with actual completion times and rates. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01