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(More customer reviews)As I read this book, I often found myself saying "Wow! This is what I am experiencing". I am working on my second graduate degree at a different institution so this is not a new community to me but the rules here are a bit different. It made me realize how fortunate I was in having great institutional support for my first degree. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is in a graduate program and keeps wondering why things operate in such peculiar ways. This book will also inspire you to take action to put in place some best practices.
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Despite considerable research that has provided a better understanding of the challenges of doctoral education, it remains the case that only 57% of all doctoral students will complete their programs.This groundbreaking volume sheds new light on determinants for doctoral student success and persistence by examining the socialization and developmental experiences of students through multiple lenses of individual, disciplinary, and institutional contexts. This book comprehensively critiques existing models and views of doctoral student socialization, and offers a new model that incorporates concepts of identity development, adult learning, and epistemological development. The contributors bring the issues vividly to life by creating five student case studies that, throughout the book, progressively illustrate key stages and typical events of the socialization process. These fictional narratives crystallize how particular policies and practices can assist or impede the formation of future scholars.The book concludes by developing practical recommendations for doctoral students themselves, but most particularly for faculty, departments, universities, and external agencies concerned with facilitating doctoral student success.
