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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 2
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On Tenterhooks: A Study of the Time Gap between Submission and Results of Postgraduate Theses
Irvine, Graham
Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, v34 n2 p185-186 2012
After waiting over nine months for the results of his PhD thesis the author was motivated to conduct some qualitative research on the reasons why the system of examiners' reports is so slow and goes on to explain how this problem could be improved by the recruitment of retired academics.
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Dissertations, Evaluators, Efficiency, Time, Expectation, Graduate Students, Faculty Workload, Compensation (Remuneration), Qualitative Research, Problem Solving, College Faculty, Teacher Retirement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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