"Silly, Soft and Otherwise Suspect": Doctoral Education as Risky Business

Autor/inn/en	McWilliam, Erica; Lawson, Alan; Evans, Terry; Taylor, Peter G.
Titel	"Silly, Soft and Otherwise Suspect": Doctoral Education as Risky Business
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Education, 49 (2005) 2, S.214-227 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9441
Schlagwörter	Credentials; Governance; Foreign Countries; Doctoral Programs; Doctoral Dissertations; Risk; Higher Education; Graduate Students; Universities; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienbuch; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Ausland; Doktorandenprogramm; Doctoral dissertation; Doctoral thesis; Doctoral theses; Dissertationsschrift; Risiko; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; University; Universität; Australien
Abstract	This article investigates how certain doctoral practices come to count as scandalous and with what effects on universities. To do so, it engages with a number of recent media allegations that relate to doctoral practice in Australia and elsewhere. The analysis of these allegations is developed in terms of three broad categories, namely allegations of silliness in relation to thesis content, allegations of softness in relation to entry, rigour and assessment, and allegations of suspect conduct and/or credentials. The impact of such allegations on university governance is then addressed. (Contains 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10