Barbara E Lovitts

Datos Biográficos

ID1500241
NOMBREBarbara E Lovitts
NOMBRESBarbara E
APELLIDOLovitts
FIRMALOVITTS B E
AFILIACIONESCorporation for Public Broadcasting
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAS29
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2001
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2023
ÍNDICE H2

  • Making the Implicit Explicit

    Barbara E LovittsBOOKMaking the Implicit Explicit2023

    Despite their and other stakeholders’ consistent demand for excellence, doctoral programs have rarely, if ever, been assessed in terms of the quality of the dissertations departments produce. Yet dissertations provide the most powerful, objective measure of the success of a department’s doctoral program. Indeed, assessment, when done properly, can help departments achieve excellence by providing insight into a program’s strengths and weaknesses.T…

  • The Sociology Dissertation

    Barbara E LovittsCHAPTERMaking the Implicit Explicit2023

  • Leveraging transmedia content to reach and support underserved children

    Pamela Johnson, Devon Steven et al.ARTICLEJournal of Children and Media2016

    This paper presents public media’s national–local model for providing high-quality educational transmedia to America’s children as part of the US Department of Education’s Ready to Learn (RTL) program. Using connected, multiplatform content as an innovative way to help narrow the academic achievement gap for underserved children, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), and local public media stations coor…

  • The Transition to Independent Research

    Barbara E LovittsARTICLEThe Journal of Higher Education2008Citada por: 7Referencias: 12

    Additional informationNotes on contributorsBarbara E. LovittsBarbara E. Lovitts is a Senior Associate in the Division of Social and Economic Policy at Abt Associates in Bethesda, MD. She is the author of Leaving the Ivory Tower: The Causes and Consequences of Departure from Doctoral Study and Making the Implicit Explicit: Creating Performance Expectations for the Dissertation

  • Being a good course-taker is not enough

    Barbara E LovittsARTICLEStudies in Higher Education2005Citada por: 22Referencias: 23

    Students are typically admitted into doctoral programmes because they have been good course‐takers. Yet, the PhD is awarded for doing independent research and making an ‘original contribution’ to knowledge. Graduate faculty acknowledge that the transition to independent research is hard for many students, and that they cannot predict who will successfully make the transition and complete the doctorate based only on students’ undergraduate records…

  • Leaving the Ivory Tower

    Barbara E LovittsBOOKLeaving the Ivory Tower2001