Toward a Global PhD?

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Maresi Nerad and Mimi Heggelund Klappentext In this volume, graduate education experts explore some of the tensions and potential for cooperation between nations in the realm of doctoral education. The contributors assess graduate education in different systems around the world, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Maresi Nerad is director of the Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE) and associate dean of research in the Graduate School, University of Washington. Mimi Heggelund is the international coordinator of CIRGE. Zusammenfassung Universities and nations have long recognized the direct contribution of graduate education to the welfare of the economy by meeting a range of research and employment needs. This volume explores some of the tensions and potential for co-operation between nations in the realm of doctoral education. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction / Maresi Nerad, Thomas Trzyna, and Mimi Heggelund Part One | Doctoral Education in Europe 1. Germany / Barbara M. Kehm 2. United Kingdom / Howard Green 3. Nordic Countries / Hans Kristjan Gudmundsson 4. The European University Institute / Andreas C. Frijdal 5. The Bologna Process / Jeroen Bartelse and Jeroen Huisman Part Two | Doctoral Education in Africa, South America, and Mexico 6. South Africa / Ahmed Bawa 7. Brazil / Renato Janine Ribeiro 8. Mexico / Armando Alcantara, Salvador Malo, and Mauricio Fortes Part Three | Doctoral Education in Australasia 9. Australia / Terry Evans, Barbara Evans, and Helen Marsh 10. Japan / Shinichi Yamamoto 11. India / Narayana Jayaram IV. Doctoral Education in North America 12. Canada / Garth Williams, with the collaboration of Martha Crago, Jonathan C. Driver, Louis Maheu, and Marc Renaud 13. United States of America / Maresi Nerad Conclusion / Maresi Nerad and Thomas Trzyna Appendix A: Past Differences, Current Commonalities, and Future Trends in Doctoral Education in Selected Countries Appendix B: Seattle Declaration, September 2005 Contributors Index ...

Autorentext

Edited by Maresi Nerad and Mimi Heggelund

Klappentext

In this volume, graduate education experts explore some of the tensions and potential for cooperation between nations in the realm of doctoral education. The contributors assess graduate education in different systems around the world, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Maresi Nerad is director of the Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE) and associate dean of research in the Graduate School, University of Washington. Mimi Heggelund is the international coordinator of CIRGE.

Zusammenfassung
Universities and nations have long recognized the direct contribution of graduate education to the welfare of the economy by meeting a range of research and employment needs. This volume explores some of the tensions and potential for co-operation between nations in the realm of doctoral education.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments

Introduction / Maresi Nerad, Thomas Trzyna, and Mimi Heggelund

Part One | Doctoral Education in Europe

1. Germany / Barbara M. Kehm

2. United Kingdom / Howard Green

3. Nordic Countries / Hans Kristjan Gudmundsson

4. The European University Institute / Andreas C. Frijdal

5. The Bologna Process / Jeroen Bartelse and Jeroen Huisman

Part Two | Doctoral Education in Africa, South America, and Mexico

6. South Africa / Ahmed Bawa

7. Brazil / Renato Janine Ribeiro

8. Mexico / Armando Alcantara, Salvador Malo, and Mauricio Fortes

Part Three | Doctoral Education in Australasia

9. Australia / Terry Evans, Barbara Evans, and Helen Marsh

10. Japan / Shinichi Yamamoto

11. India / Narayana Jayaram

IV. Doctoral Education in North America

12. Canada / Garth Williams, with the collaboration of Martha Crago, Jonathan C. Driver, Louis Maheu, and Marc Renaud

13. United States of America / Maresi Nerad

Conclusion / Maresi Nerad and Thomas Trzyna

Appendix A: Past Differences, Current Commonalities, and Future Trends in Doctoral Education in Selected Countries

Appendix B: Seattle Declaration, September 2005

Contributors

Index