Professional Development of Doctorate Students

PhD holders are requested to collaborate, interact and communicate with professionals that come from different cultural and disciplinary backgrounds.

This section provides a set of studies that shed light about those factors that are crucial in the professional development of the doctorate holders in this global and more challenging environment:

Nerad, M. (2000). On research and writing: A personal account. Newsletter for the Association for the Study of Higher Education, V.13, N 2, pp.1-3. Download: On research and Writing

Nerad, M. (1996). A Second Look at Mentoring Graduate Students: Some Provocative Thoughts. In Vorausdenken Querdenken, Nachdenken (Thinking Ahcad, Thinking Against the Stream, Reflecting). Sigrid Metz-Gocke & Angelica Wetterer, eds. Frankfurt, Germany: Campus, 1996. Also presented as an unpublished paper at the University of California Conference, Monterrey, CA., 1990. Download: A Second Look at Mentoring Graduate Students: Some Provocative Thoughts

Nerad, M. (1995). Beyond the Traditional Modes of Mentoring. In Gaffney, N.E., A conversation about Mentoring: Trends and Models, ed. Washington DC: Council of Graduate School, pp.18-24. Download: Beyond the Traditional Modes of Mentoring

Institutional Responses

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What is the Future of Doctoral Education in the 21st Century?

Dr. Maresi Nerad (Director of CIRGE), Professor at the University of Washington, and Dr. Beate Scholz, (Scholz Consulting), both researchers of CIRGE, discussed the future of Doctoral Education during the European Science Open Forum in Dublin, July 2012. The experts presented their visions for the science PhDs of the future – and offered advice to research leaders, policy makers and students on how to best equip students for the 21st-century science workplace, based on their views, research and specific programs that might serve as models.

The panel was also integrated by Gene Russo, Editor of Nature Journal; Dr. Mary Mary McNamara, Head of the Graduate Research School at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland; and Michael Lenardo, Founder of the NIH- Oxford/Cambridge Scholars Program.

Source: ESOF 2012.

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Doctoral Education in the USA

CIRGE has analyzed the history, structure, and its implication on doctoral education in the USA. Being the country that produces the largest number of PhDs in the world, CIRGE has examined in depth the structure and outcomes of Doctorate Education.

Publications

Flores, E. & Nerad M. (2012). Peer in Doctoral Education: Unrecognized Learning partners. New Directions for Higher Education. No 157, Spring 201, pp.73- 83. Download: Peers in Doctoral Education

Nerad, M. 2009. Graduate Education and its Changes in the U.S. In Daigakuin Kyoiku no Genjo Kadai [Graduate Education, and Future], pp. 291-305. Hiroshima: Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, Japan. Download: Graduate Education and its Changes in the U.S.

Nerad, M. (2008). Doctoral Education in the United States of America. In M. Nerad Toward a Global Phd?: Forces and Forms in Doctoral Education Worldwide, University of Washington Press, Seattle, pp.2078-300. Download: Doctoral Education in the United States

Nerad, M. (2007). Doctoral Education in the USA. In S. Powell and H. Green Eds., The Doctorate Worldwide, Berkshire, England: Open University Press. Download: Doctoral Education in the USA

Wulff, D. & Nerad M. 2006. Using an Alignment Model as a Framework in the Assessment of Doctoral Programs. In P. L. Maki & N. Borkowski Eds., Assessing Learning at the Doctoral Level, pp. 83- 108. Sterling, Virginia: Stylus. Download: Using alignment model…

Nerad, M. (2004). PhD in the US: Criticisms, Facts and Remedies. Higher Education Policy, V.17, pp.183-199. Download: PhD in the US: Criticisms, Facts and Remedies

Nerad, M. (2004). Promovieren in den USA. (The US PhD) Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst [DAAD] Hersg., Die Internationale Hochschule, Band 3: Bielefeld, Germany. Download: Promovieren in the USA (English Version)

Nerad, M. & Cerny, J. (1999). Widening the Circle: Another Look at Women Graduate Students, The Council of Graduate Schools Communicator, vol. XXXII, no. 6, pp. 1-7. Washington, D.C. Download: Widening the Circle

Nerad, M., June, R., & Miller, D. (1997). The Cyclical Problems of Graduate Education: Institutional Responses in the 1990s, In M. Nerad, R. June, & D. Miller, Graduate Education in the United States, pp. vii-xiv, New York: Garland Press. Download: The Cyclical Problems of Graduate Education

Nerad, M. (1995). University of California, Berkeley: Beyond Traditional Modes of Mentoring, in A Conversation about Mentoring: Trends and Models, The Council of Graduate Schools, Washington. D.C.

Nerad, M. (1992). Using Time, Money, and Human Resources Effectively and Efficiently in the Case of Women Graduate Students. Paper prepared for the conference proceedings of Science and Engineering Programs: On Target for Women? Sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences/ National Research Council/ Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel. Download: Using Time…

Nerad, M. & Stewart, C.L. (1991). Assessing Doctoral Student Experience: Gender and Departmental Culture, Higher Education Abstracts, Graduate School, winter 1991, Claremont.

Nerad, M. (1991). Doctoral Education at the University of California and Factors Affecting Time-to-Degree. In response to the California State Senate (SRC 66). Report to the Office of the President. Oakland, CA.

Nerad, M. (1990). Doctoral Education at the University of California and Issues of Time-to-Degree: Their Impact on Minorities and Women. Part I: Factors Affecting Completion of Doctoral Degrees at the University of California. A Report prepared in Response to Senate Concurrent Resolution 66 (Hart, 1989), Oakland: University of California, Office of the President.