What matters for excellence in PhD programs? Latent constructs of doctoral program quality used by early career social scientists

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 535-563

  Morrison, Emory ^a   Rudd, Elizabeth ^b   Zumeta, William ^c   Nerad, Maresi ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Statistics and Research Design in Educational Psychology   (United States)

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EID: 83055163325     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: 15384640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.2011.0029     Document Type: Article

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