TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nettles,Michael T.
AU  - Millett,Catherine M.
TI  - Three magic letters: getting to Ph.D. 
SN  - 080188232X (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - LB2386 .N48 2006
U1  - 378.242 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Baltimore, MD
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Doctor of philosophy degree
KW  - United States
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Graduate students
KW  - Educational surveys
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; A map from the past to the present -- Context, trends, and conceptual framework for research -- Survey design and research logistics -- Demographics of the sample -- Admissions and screening -- Financing a doctoral education -- Socialization -- Research productivity -- Satisfaction, performance, and throughput -- Rate of progress -- Elements that matter : predicting experiences and performance -- Interpreting field differences -- Implications : group specific -- The doctoral student experience : new answers and new questions
ER  -