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Direct linkOonyu, Joseph C.; Wamala, Robert – Journal of International Education Research, 2012
This paper investigates the influence of the examination stage of student theses on the completion time of graduate studies at Makerere University, Uganda. The assessment is based on the administrative data of 504 Master's degree students in the 2000 to 2008 enrollment cohorts at the School of Education, Makerere University. The total elapsed time…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Statistical Distributions, Foreign Countries, Masters Theses
Download full textWamala, Robert; Oonyu, Joseph C. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2012
This paper examines the dynamics of completion time of master's studies and how such dynamics relate to those of doctoral studies at Makerere University, Uganda. The assessment is based on administrative data of 605 master's degree students at the University in the 2004 and 2005 enrollment cohorts. The total elapsed time from first enrollment to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Programs, Masters Degrees, Doctoral Degrees
Wamala, Robert; Oonyu, Joseph; Ocaya, Bruno – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
Issues related to attrition and completion time of graduate studies are certainly an internationally challenging and important area of higher education literature. In this paper, completion time dynamics of doctoral studies at Makerere University were investigated based on data extracted for all 295 candidates in the commencement cohorts from 2000…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Graduate Students, Foreign Countries, Time to Degree
Wamala, Robert; Ocaya, Bruno; Oonyu, Joseph C. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2012
Although student persistence in graduate programs is widely regarded as an important topic in the literature of higher education, many such works focus on the completion of studies. This paper examines the dynamics of attrition resulting in either delayed or non-completion of doctoral studies. Administrative data of 294 Ph.D. students at Makerere…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attrition, Doctoral Programs, Cohort Analysis
