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Direct linkLe, Tam; Gardner, Susan K. – Journal of College Student Development, 2010
In this study, we explored the experience of Asian international doctoral students in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields at one research-extensive university. We found that Asian international doctoral students in the STEM fields at this institution were often isolated from their peers and faculty, faced an array…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Educational Experience, Student Experience, Asians
Gardner, Susan K.; Holley, Karri A. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2011
Using the conceptual framework of social capital, this study outlines the experiences of 20 first-generation students currently enrolled in doctoral degree programs. The framework highlights those structures and processes that offer tacit knowledge to students about how to pursue higher education. For students who are the first in their families…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Higher Education, Doctoral Degrees, Social Capital
Gardner, Susan K. – Journal of Higher Education, 2010
Socialization has become the common theoretical framework used to better understand the complexity of the doctoral student experience. In particular, theories of socialization have been connected to the issue of attrition in doctoral education, with researchers often attributing poor or inappropriate socialization to a student's decision to depart…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Socialization, Doctoral Programs, Student Attrition
