British Council Disturbed by Attrition from Social-Science Doctoral Programs.

The article reports that Great Britain's Social Science Research Council was dismayed over the unusually large number of dropouts from doctoral programs in the social sciences. This large number was discovered by a recent study that had revealed that out of the 744 students who were given council gr...

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Publicado en:Chronicle of Higher Education Vol. 21; no. 5; p. 16
Autor principal: Walker, David
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Chronicle of Higher Education 9/22/1980
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Sumario:The article reports that Great Britain's Social Science Research Council was dismayed over the unusually large number of dropouts from doctoral programs in the social sciences. This large number was discovered by a recent study that had revealed that out of the 744 students who were given council grants in 1973, only less than 40 percent have gained the doctoral degree in 1979, thus, indicating that the others have dropped out.