Higher Education Management and Policy

Frequency :
3 times a year
ISSN :
1726-9822 (online)
ISSN :
1682-3451 (print)
DOI :
10.1787/17269822
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Previously published as Higher Education Management, Higher Education Management and Policy (HEMP) is published three times each year and is edited by the OECD’s Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education. It covers the field through articles and reports on such issues as quality assurance, human resources, funding, and internationalisation. It also is a source of information on activities and events organised by OECD’s IMHE Programme.

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The Professional Doctorate

From Anglo-Saxon to European Challenges You do not have access to this content

Authors:
Jeroen Huisman, Rajani Naidoo
Publication Date
03 Oct 2006
Pages
11
Bibliographic information
No.:
11,
Volume:
18,
Issue:
2
Pages
1–13
DOI
10.1787/hemp-v18-art11-en

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This paper addresses the debate on the third cycle of European higher education. Currently, much attention is paid to improving the structure and quality of doctorate education in the European context of the Bologna process and the Lisbon objectives. However, alternatives to the traditional doctorate are hardly addressed in the policy documents of governments and other agencies. The promise of one of these alternatives – the professional doctorate – is discussed. Without suggesting this alternative to be the ultimate solution to problems in the third cycle, the paper argues that a dual policy strategy seems appropriate: improving the traditional doctorate and allowing alternatives to flourish.
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