Growth and diversity in doctoral education: Assessing the Australian experience

Higher Education

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-372

  Pearson, Margot ^a   Evans, Terry ^b   MacAuley, Peter ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doctoral education; Growth and diversity; Innovation; Ph.D.s; Professional doctorates; Research training

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849204180     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-007-9059-3     Document Type: Article

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