Education: The PhD factory

The world is producing more PhDs than ever before. Is it time to stop?

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature (London) 2011-04, Vol.472 (7343), p.276-279
Main Authors: Cyranoski, David, Gilbert, Natasha, Ledford, Heidi, Nayar, Anjali, Yahia, Mohammed
Format: Article
Language:English
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Analysis
China
Curriculum - trends
Doctor of philosophy degree
Economic aspects
Economic growth
Education, Graduate - standards
Education, Graduate - statistics & numerical data
Education, Graduate - trends
Educational aspects
Egypt
Employment
Employment - statistics & numerical data
Employment - trends
Forecasts and trends
Germany
Humanities and Social Sciences
India
Internationality
Japan
multidisciplinary
news-feature
Poland
Research - education
Research - manpower
Research Personnel - education
Research Personnel - supply & distribution
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Scientists
Singapore
Supply and demand
United States
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