Obstacles to success - doctoral student attrition in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorHerman, Chaya
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-13T09:27:09Z
dc.date.available2011-10-13T09:27:09Z
dc.date.issued2011-09
dc.description.abstractThe 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 studies on doctoral education in South Africa. The main point of the article is that the different understandings of the students and the PhD programme leaders, as well as the gaps in the narratives of both groups, are an indication of a lack of in-depth understanding of the actual causes of doctoral attrition. Using attribution theory, the article suggests that this lack of understanding may contribute to further attrition and calls for further research on the topic.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://journals.sabinet.co.za/ej/ejour_persed.htmlen_US
dc.identifier.citationHerman, C 2011, 'Obstacles to success – doctoral student attrition in South Africa', Perspectives in Education, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 40-52.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0081-2463
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/17440
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Education, University of the Free Stateen_US
dc.rightsFaculty of Education, University of the Free State.en_US
dc.subjectDoctoral student attritionen_US
dc.subjectAttribution theoryen_US
dc.subjectDoctoral educationen_US
dc.subject.lcshDoctoral students -- South Africaen
dc.titleObstacles to success - doctoral student attrition in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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