Leaving the Ivory Tower

The Causes and Consequences of Departure from Doctoral Study

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

Av Barbara E. Lovitts

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Graduate schools have faced attrition rates of approximately 50 percent for the past 40 years. They have tried to address the problem by focusing on student characteristics and by assuming that if they could make better, more informed admissions decisions, attrition rates would drop. Yet high attrition rates persist and may in fact be increasing. Leaving the Ivory Tower thus turns the issue around and asks what is wrong with the structure and process of graduate education. Based on hard evidence drawn from a survey of 816 completers and noncompleters and on interviews with noncompleters, high- and low-Ph.D productive faculty and Directors of Graduate study, this book locates the root cause of attrition in the social structure and cultural organization of graduate education.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2001-04-04
Mått159 x 238 x 23 mm
Vikt553 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor336
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780742509412

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Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 The Invisible ProblemChapter 4 Explaining the High and Persistent Rate of AttritionChapter 5 Explaining DepartureChapter 6 The Lack of InformationChapter 7 The Absence of CommunityChapter 8 Disappointment with the Learning ExperienceChapter 9 The Quality of the Advisor/Advisee RelationshipChapter 10 The Decision to LeaveChapter 11 Personal Consequences of DepartureChapter 12 Labor Market Consequences of DepartureChapter 13 Conclusions and RecommendationsChapter 14 AppendixChapter 15 BibliographyChapter 16 Index

For fully half a century indifferent or inhospitable graduate programs have driven doctoral students to abandon their course of study. Some departments have attrition rates of 80% or more. Meanwhile faculty members and administrators alike have preferred to blame the students rather than themselves. Lovitts' elegantly designed study shows that the fault is structural and systemic. Weaving together clear statistical evidence and telling personal interviews, Leaving the Ivory Tower mounts a powerful and timely argument for institutional reform.