September 19, 2008
Longer Road to Ph.D.'s for Women and Minority Members
Women and members of minority groups tend to take longer than students from other groups to complete doctoral programs, while international students stand out as the fastest in earning Ph.D.'s, according to a report released last week by the Council of Graduate Schools.
The report, based on data from 24 universities in the United States and Canada, is unusual both in its large scope — covering 19,000 students who entered doctoral programs in the 1990s — and in its
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