January 20, 2006

Doctoral Programs in the Humanities Are Scrutinized

By DAVID GLENN

Doctoral programs in the humanities can raise their students' completion rates by admitting fewer students, setting clear expectations for how they spend their summers, and discouraging them from polishing or publishing their dissertations before receiving their degrees. Those were among the conclusions of two studies presented at this month's annual meeting of the American Economic Association, in Boston.

The studies drew on data from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's recent

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