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dc.contributorUniversitat Ramon Llull. Facultat de Psicologia, Ciències de l'Educació i de l'Esport Blanquerna
dc.contributor.authorCastelló, Montserrat
dc.contributor.authorPardo, Marta
dc.contributor.authorSala-Bubaré, Anna
dc.contributor.authorSuñe-Soler, Núria
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-06T18:20:47Z
dc.date.available2024-02-06T18:20:47Z
dc.date.issued2017-01
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/3882
dc.description.abstractDespite the increasing popularity of doctoral education, many students do not complete their studies, and very little information is available about them. Understanding why some students consider that they do not want to, or cannot, continue with their studies is essential to reduce dropout rates and to improve the overall quality of doctoral programmes. This study focuses on the motives students give for considering dropping out of their doctoral degree. Participants were 724 social sciences doctoral students from 56 Spanish universities, who responded to a questionnaire containing doctoral degree conditions questions and an open-ended question on motives for dropping out. Results showed that a third of the sample, mainly the youngest, female and part time students, stated that they had intended to drop out. The most frequent motives for considering dropping out were difficulties in achieving a balance between work, personal life and doctoral studies and problems with socialization. Overall, results offer a complex picture that has implications for the design of doctoral programmes, such as the conditions and demands of part-time doctoral studies or the implementation of educational proposals that facilitate students’ academic and personal integration into the scientific community in order to prevent the development of a culture of institutional neglect.ca
dc.format.extent23ca
dc.language.isoengca
dc.publisherSpringerca
dc.relation.ispartofHigher Education, 74, 1053-1068ca
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrechca
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subject.otherUniversitats -- Estudis de 2n i 3r ciclesca
dc.subject.otherAbandó dels estudisca
dc.subject.otherSocialitzacióca
dc.titleWhy do students consider dropping out of doctoral degrees? Institutional and personal factorsca
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleca
dc.rights.accessLevelinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.embargo.terms12 mesosca
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-016-0106-9ca
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/PN I+D/FINS-RIDSS -CSO2013-41108-Rca
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/PN I+D/BES-2014-068397ca
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MEFPU/FPU/FPU13/06957ca
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionca


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