What We Know about the Dramatic Increase in PhD Degrees and the Reform of Doctoral Education Worldwide: Implications for South Africa

Autor/in	Nerad, Maresi
Titel	What We Know about the Dramatic Increase in PhD Degrees and the Reform of Doctoral Education Worldwide: Implications for South Africa
Quelle	In: Perspectives in Education, 29 (2011) 3, S.1-12 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0258-2236
Schlagwörter	Economic Progress; Doctoral Programs; Doctoral Degrees; Foreign Countries; Change Strategies; Educational Change; Educational Practices; Educational Development; Quality Assurance; Accountability; Institutional Cooperation; International Cooperation; Educational Quality; Educational Administration; Educational Assessment; Educational Indicators; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Doktorandenprogramm; Doctoral degree; Doktorgrad; Ausland; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsreform; Bildungspraxis; Bildungsentwicklung; Qualitätssicherung; Verantwortung; Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Institut; Kooperation; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Theories of the "knowledge economy" view knowledge, and particularly new knowledge, as a critical resource to enhance a nation'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'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. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Perspectives in Education. Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9301, South Africa. Fax: +27-51-401-7044; e-mail: pie@ufs.ac.za; Web site: http://search.sabinet.co.za/pie
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10