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Nicoll, Irena – Oxford Review of Education, 1996
Analyzes information from a computerized database of Ph.D. candidates in history between 1921-90. Examines the numbers of doctoral degrees produced at each college within the university, as well as students' gender, nationality, and age. Questions previously held assumptions concerning rates of completion and submission. Includes statistical…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Degree Requirements, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Dissertations