While researchers have suggested that mentorship positively affects academic and learning
outcomes in higher education, little is known about the impact of peer mentoring on …

Graduate and professional education play an increasingly important role in economic
inequality and elite formation in the United States, but sociologists have not subjected …

Abstract Aim/Purpose The purpose of the research was to examine the function and
application of delimitations--what the researcher includes and excludes in a study--in the …

Work—family issues of graduate students are nearly invisible, despite record numbers of
men and women in graduate school during their peak childbearing years. Furthermore, very …

The growth of learning analytics as a means to improve student learning outcomes means
that student data is being collected, analyzed, and applied in previously unforeseen ways …

Background Graduate engineering student attrition is prevalent, but most literature that
studies graduate attrition is accomplished in disciplines outside of STEM or engineering …

Although stressors and coping strategies have been examined in managing stress
associated with doctoral education, stress continues to have a permeating and pernicious …

This study examined department supports that influence doctoral completion and time-to-
degree among 5,001 doctoral programs at 212 universities in the United States. Multiple …

Studies of doctoral education have included an interest not only in processes, structures,
and outcomes, but also in students' experiences. There are often useful recommendations …

This study explores the fit between doctoral students and their working environment by
analyzing students' and supervisors' perceptions of resources and challenges involved in …