Alternative and professional doctoral programs
What Is Driving the Demand
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4098133 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Servage (University of Alberta, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 765-779 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075070902818761 |
| OpenAlex | W2042633939 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 23 |
As part of an overall massification of higher education, enrollments in doctoral programs are expanding. At the same time, doctoral studies are subject to much scrutiny and reform in Australia, the UK and the United States. This work examines policy documents related to doctoral reform from these countries in order to offer a critique of their functionalist underpinnings. Central to doctoral reforms is the growth of the professional doctorate, which is proposed as an alternative to conventional PhDs that better prepares graduates to participate in non‐academic careers. In this work, the professional doctorate is examined from the dominant perspective of human capital theory. Alternative theories emphasizing conflict and competition in higher education are offered. Credentialism and the corporatization of higher education may provide more nuanced explanations of the growth of the professional doctorate. The article concludes with some thoughts on the impacts of policy on those whose lives are ultimately shaped by it: students and graduates who may be disappointed to find that human capital theory does not deliver on its promise of status and prosperity for society’s most highly educated workers
Corporatization · Economic growth · Economics · Higher education · Human capital · Human capital theory · Pedagogy · Political science · Professional development · Prosperity · Public relations · Scrutiny · Sociology · Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions · Higher Education Governance and Development · Higher Education Research Studies · Law
Where is our way? A collaborative autoethnography of overseas‐educated Chinese female PhDs ' academic career decision journey
With credentialing as well as academic quests
Government Student Loan Default
The Social Work Practice Doctorate
Shaming of lone mothers pursuing doctoral education
The Purpose of the Ph.D. — A South African Perspective
Career development or career delay? Postdoctoral fellowships and the de-professionalizing of academic work in South African universities
The potential impact of entrepreneurship education on doctoral students within the non-commercial research environment in Chile
How shall we know them? Capturing the diversity of difference in Australian doctoral candidates and their experiences
The impact of the doctorate
One university's approach to defining and supporting professional doctorates
A view from within
The Credential Society
Dynamics of National and Global Competition in Higher Education
O que distingue a economia do conhecimento?Implicações para a educação
Degrees of Control
In Pursuit of Prestige
Doctoral Differences
From First to Second Generation Professional Doctorate
Degrees of Doubt
A doctorate in a tight compartment
Conceptualizing the practitioner doctorate
The Social Sources of Educational Credentialism
Social Background, Credential Inflation and Educational Strategies
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |