“When you are in a hole, stop digging.” The wisdom of Will Rogers,
American humorist, seems to be forgotten with respect to scholarly
research in the arts, social sciences, business, and education. Why do
doctoral candidates and professors produce scholarship that minimally
advances knowledge and has no impact on producing educated and
productive citizens? Rarely seen outside a closed club of scholars and
journals, scholarly research serves only to demonstrate mastery of an
art form that is not relevant in the mainstream of higher education.
This book proposes reforms starting with the doctoral dissertation.
The issue is that the dissertation’s over emphasis on obscure
research undermines the subsequent scholarship expected of professors
in our colleges and universities. This book discusses reforms in
doctoral programs to improve the value of and process to complete a
doctoral dissertation.
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ISBN
9781475840278
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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