Obstacles to success – doctoral student attrition in South Africa
The article explores doctoral attrition in South Africa, investigating and comparing the attributions of attrition of doctoral students and PhD programme leaders. The article is based on secondary data analysis of two large studies on doctoral education in South Africa. The main point of the articl...
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University of the Free State
2011-08-01
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The article explores doctoral attrition in South Africa, investigating and comparing the attributions of attrition of doctoral students and PhD programme leaders. The article is based on secondary data analysis of two large studies on doctoral education in South Africa. The main point of the article is that the different understandings of the students and the PhD programme leaders, as well as the gaps in the narratives of both groups, are an indication of a lack of in-depth understanding of the actual causes of doctoral attrition. Using attribution theory, the article suggests that this lack of understanding may contribute to further attrition and calls for further research on the topic.
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| spelling | doaj.art-0543e348cc6c4b02b571da0db4dff3942024-03-07T11:18:35ZengUniversity of the Free StatePerspectives in Education0258-22362519-593X2011-08-01293Obstacles to success – doctoral student attrition in South AfricaChaya Herman0University of Pretoria The article explores doctoral attrition in South Africa, investigating and comparing the attributions of attrition of doctoral students and PhD programme leaders. The article is based on secondary data analysis of two large studies on doctoral education in South Africa. The main point of the article is that the different understandings of the students and the PhD programme leaders, as well as the gaps in the narratives of both groups, are an indication of a lack of in-depth understanding of the actual causes of doctoral attrition. Using attribution theory, the article suggests that this lack of understanding may contribute to further attrition and calls for further research on the topic. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/pie/article/view/1693Doctoral student attritionAttribution theoryDoctoral educationSouth Africa |
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| title | Obstacles to success – doctoral student attrition in South Africa |
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| title_short | Obstacles to success – doctoral student attrition in South Africa |
| title_sort | obstacles to success doctoral student attrition in south africa |
| topic | Doctoral student attrition Attribution theory Doctoral education South Africa |
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