Doctoral Student Attrition and Persistence [electronic resource] : A Meta-Synthesis of Research. ASHE Annual Meeting Paper / Carolyn Richert Bair and Jennifer Grant Haworth.

Forty to sixty percent of students who begin doctorates in selective colleges and universities do not persist to graduation. Although numerous research studies have focused on doctoral attrition and persistence, there have been no systematic studies because, among other reasons, there are no nationw...

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