Keeping up with the Joneses: Socialization and Culture in Doctoral Education at One Striving Institution

2010/11/01 by Susan K. Gardner
Health Professions · Social Sciences · #Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions #Higher Education Governance and Development #Evaluation of Teaching Practices

paper · doi:10.1080/00221546.2010.11779076

Abstract

Institutional prestige is an inherent part of higher education in the U.S., resulting in rankings that often become the rationale for resource allocation. Interviews with 38 faculty members and 60 doctoral students led to a better understanding of how prestige-seeking influenced their views of doctoral education at one institution.

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