Leaving the Ivory Tower

Leaving the Ivory Tower

The Causes and Consequences of Departure from Doctoral Study

by Barbara E. Lovitts

307 pages· 2001· ISBN 9780742509429
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Graduate schools have faced attrition rates of approximately half since 1960. This study examines what is wrong with the structure of graduate education in its aim to locate the root cause of attrition in the social structure.

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