Browsing Research Articles (Education Management and Policy Studies) by Subject "Doctoral education"

Browsing Research Articles (Education Management and Policy Studies) by Subject "Doctoral education"

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  • Doctoral education in South Africa – research and policy 
    Herman, Chaya (Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011)
    The doctorate has a long history in South Africa. The first doctorate was in law and was awarded at the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1899 to William Alison Macfadyen. Since then, South African universities have ...
  • Doctoral rites and liminal spaces : academics without PhDs in South Africa and Australia 
    Breier, Mignonne; Herman, Chaya; Towers, Lorraine (Routledge, 2020)
    Academics without PhDs are common in developing countries and among lecturers from marginalised communities, yet the literature on doctoral education largely ignores them. This qualitative study aimed to address that gap ...
  • Elusive equity in doctoral education in South Africa 
    Herman, Chaya (Rouledge, 2011-02)
    This paper explores the drive to expand the quantity and quality of PhD’s in South Africa and the impact this has had on under-represented groups, in particular black South Africans. Based on both qualitative and ...
  • Expanding doctoral education in South Africa : pipeline or pipedream? 
    Herman, Chaya (Routledge, 2011-08)
    The purpose of this paper is to discuss both the status of the PhD in South Africa and the feasibility of the country’s aspiration to increase by fivefold the production of PhDs by 2025. Based on the first empirical studies ...
  • Looking back at doctoral education in South Africa 
    Herman, Chaya (Routledge, 2017)
    This article provides a quantitative picture of doctoral education in South Africa up to 2010, from the time the first doctorate was awarded in 1899. It identifies the different institutional profiles and emphases of ...
  • Looking back at doctoral education in South Africa 
    Herman, Chaya (Routledge, 2015-10)
    This article provides a quantitative picture of doctoral education in South Africa up to 2010, from the time the first doctorate was awarded in 1899. It identifies the different institutional profiles and emphases of ...
  • Obstacles to success - doctoral student attrition in South Africa 
    Herman, Chaya (Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011-09)
    The article explores doctoral attrition in South Africa, investigating and comparing the attributions of attrition of doctoral students and PhD programme leaders. The article is based on secondary data analysis of two large ...
  • Purpose of the PhD - a South African perspective 
    Herman, Chaya (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012-03)
    The article sets out to explore how PhD programme leaders in South Africa view the purpose of the PhD, and how their views shape their responses to recent policies with regard to the PhD. If refers in particular to the ...
  • Student mobility and doctoral education in South Africa 
    Sehoole, Molatlhegi Trevor Chika (Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011-09)
    This article analyses doctoral education programmes in South Africa with a particular focus on student mobility. It investigates pull and push factors as a conceptual framework, arguing that the patterns of student mobility ...