Strategies for Successful Completion of Research and Professional Doctorates: A Synthesis of Evidence-Based Practices

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Saturday 1:30 pm Four Seasons Ballroom 1
  In Roundtable Session: Issues and Solutions for Entering and Completing Doctoral Programs (Table 8)

Abstract

This review of the literature on doctoral education provides doctoral students and doctoral faculty with strategies for fostering student integration and persistence from program entry to program completion. In addition to organizing strategies according to the five distinct stages in the doctoral journey (entry; knowledge and skill development; consolidation; inquiry and scholarship; and completion), this presentation provides an overview and distinction between research doctorates and professional doctorates, tailoring supports and persistence strategies to meet the nuanced needs of students in each program type.

Authors

• Amanda J. Rockinson-Szapkiw, University of Memphis

• Lucinda S. Spaulding, University of Lynchburg

• Jill Alexa Perry, Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate