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- Title
The Ph.D. squid.
- Authors
Ziolkowski, Theodore
- Abstract
Presents a look at the current trends in achieving a doctor of philosophy degree. Statistics from the "Summary Report 1987: Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities," from the National Research Council; Idea that global need for highly trained specialists will not be met in the 1990s; Discussion of William James and his octopus metaphor, the views of Irving Babbitt on the doctor's degree and college teaching, and the controversy over the value of a doctorate degree; Factors that will contribute to a shortage of Ph.D. specialists in the labor market; The role of individual university departments in determining graduate curricula; Import of the Ph.D. from Germany during the era of positivism; The importance of relations between the student and adviser, along with the scope of the dissertation.
- Subjects
UNITED States; DOCTOR of philosophy degree; LABOR supply statistics; SPECIALISTS; JAMES, William, 1842-1910; BABBITT, Irving, 1865-1933; COLLEGE teaching; GRADUATE education; GRADUATE students
- Publication
American Scholar, 1990, Vol 59, Issue 2, p177
- ISSN
0003-0937
- Publication type
Article