Completing the Three Stages of Doctoral Education: An Event History Analysis

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 640-660

  Ampaw, Frim D ^a   Jaeger, Audrey J ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degree completion; Doctoral students; Event history analysis; Retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864296870     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-011-9250-3     Document Type: Article

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