Review on Quality of Doctoral Study Program
 
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Faculty of Education, Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic
 
 
Publication date: 2018-06-30
 
 
JoMS 2013;19(4):123-140
 
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The doctoral study program has drawn the attention of researchers from national authorities, academic association and international organizations for the substantial influence on the innovation of human society. As the extension of tertiary education during the earlier decade, the doctoral study program started to face the distinct motivation. It is the core to keep the guarantee of the quality of their study program targeted at the ideal of a doctoral study program of the respective disciplines in higher education institutions. Therefore, in this article, those researches on the theme of “Quality of doctoral study program” is reviewed. Seven fileds have been identified: researches on the problem of recruitment, completion rate and attrition rate; investigations on the amounts, composition and studies path of Ph.D. students; studies on the relationship between supervisors and Ph.D. students, interaction among peers; seeks of the organization and social inclusion of program; discussions of the content of studies and academic examination of thesis; surveys of the employment of graduates; recommendation of the quality evaluation models of doctoral study program.
 
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