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Portfolios Are Replacing Qualifying Exams as a Step on the Road to Dissertations
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Wasley, Paula – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
This article reports that some graduate programs are switching from comprehensive qualifying exams to portfolios compiled by doctoral candidates. Five years ago the graduate program at the University of Kansas' history department was like many others--filled with small cohorts of anxious, fearful procrastinators. Doctoral students were taking an…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Models