Chinese Doctoral Program Enrollments: High in number, low in quality
(August, 2010) Author He Dan of Xinhuanet discusses the results of a survey on Chinese postgraduate education from the Institute of Education Sciences in Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
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Doctoral Rankings Will Be Released Sept. 28
(August, 2010) After years of delays, methodology changes and griping about the delays and methodology changes, the U.S. National Research Council announced Monday that its rankings of doctoral programs would be released to the public on Sept. 28, 2010.
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Decline in PhD numbers a major problem in South Africa
(August, 2010) South Africa's inability to produce enough doctoral graduates to build the 'knowledge economy' it aspires to, or simply to replace the existing cohort of academics in the higher education system, is a challenge widely acknowledged by government departments, their agencies and universities. But fixing the problem is a lot harder.
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Virginia Tech Graduates Third Class from its Post-Doctoral Bride to Business Program
(August, 2010) The Pamplin College of Business has just graduated its third group of participants from its AACSB-endorsed Post-Doctoral Bridge to Business Program.
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PhD Programs for Executives Gain Traction
(August, 2010) Alison Damast of BusinessWeek discusses the growing number of business schools that offer doctoral programs aimed at senior-level managers looking either to shift into academia or to develop high-level research skills for their workplace.
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Higher education opportunities lure talent back to India
(August, 2010) More young Indians are giving up fat pay packets in companies abroad to take up teaching in Indian higher education institutions - a trend that could help ease a severe shortage of quality lecturers in the country.
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Foreign Schools Target U.S. Professors
(August, 2010) In this article of the Wall Street Journal, Diana Middleton discusses the increasing tendency for business schools in Asia to court professors in the U.S. for research or faculty positions, and its implications for the global faculty market.
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