Doctoral education: The short-term crisis vs. long-term challenge

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-251

  Geiger, Roger ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030088482     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.1997.0002     Document Type: Article

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