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The Doctoral Experience: Success and Failure in Graduate School
The Doctoral Experience Success and Failure in Graduate School Author:Sara Delamont, Paul Atkinson, Odette Parry Lays bare the experiences, frustrations and successes of graduate students, and their supervisors in Higher Education. Richly illustrated with case studies and interviews, this book identifies key themes pervading academic life: the nature of research and research supervision; key social processes and problems; distinct and contrasting sub-cult... more »ures of departments and disciplines in universities; mentorship and sponsorship; and apprenticeship and rites of passage for postgraduate students. Anyone developing policy and practice in Higher Education, or wishing to understand their own position within the wider picture will benefit from reading this book.« less