Doctoral Student Satisfaction: An Examination of Disciplinary, Enrollment, and Institutional Differences

Autor/inn/en	Barnes, Benita J.; Randall, Jennifer
Titel	Doctoral Student Satisfaction: An Examination of Disciplinary, Enrollment, and Institutional Differences
Quelle	In: Research in Higher Education, 53 (2012) 1, S.47-75 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0361-0365
DOI	10.1007/s11162-011-9225-4
Schlagwörter	Social Sciences; Doctoral Programs; Rating Scales; Humanities; Satisfaction; Enrollment; Differences; Institutional Characteristics; Intellectual Disciplines; Statistical Analysis; Item Response Theory; Academic Achievement; Higher Education; Engineering Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Doktorandenprogramm; Rating-Skala; Geisteswissenschaften; Humanwissenschaften; Zufriedenheit; Einschulung; Unterscheiden; Statistische Analyse; Item-Response-Theorie; Schulleistung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ingenieurausbildung
Abstract	Previous research suggests that it is the department, not the graduate school that bears the greatest responsibility for doctoral students' progress and success (Ehrenberg et al., Doctoral education and the faculty of the future (pp. 15-34). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, "2009") dictating the need to examine and understand how doctoral students experience their education at the department level. In the present study, we analyzed the NAGPS' "2000 National Doctoral Program Survey" (NDPS) data in an effort to understand the differences in the satisfaction levels of doctoral students (current, recent graduates, and former) across various academic disciplines (e.g. social sciences, humanities, engineering) and different institutional types (e.g. research extensive and research intensive). Employing both traditional (ANOVA) and item-level (Rasch Rating Scale Model) analyses we found that although "overall" satisfaction with doctoral experiences appears to be equivalent/similar across multiple disciplines, student satisfaction within disciplines varied significantly and consistently with respect to specific academic experiences. (As Provided).
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