Post-graduate studies in South Africa : myths, misconceptions and challenges

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dc.contributor.authorMouton, J.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-19T07:07:28Z
dc.date.available2018-03-19T07:07:28Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionCITATION: Mouton, J. 2007. Post-graduate studies in South Africa : myths, misconceptions and challenges. South African Journal of Higher Education, 21(1):1078-1090.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajhe
dc.description.abstractThe article interrogates some of the current views and myths around the so-called 'inefficiency' of the management of postgraduate studies in South Africa. In this regard data are presented on recent trends in postgraduate completion rates at the doctoral level; as well as on comparative data on throughput rates. I argue that the current discourse in South African higher education is obsessed with concerns of efficiency rather than effectiveness and quality. In this process, we focus too much on managerial and administrative solutions rather than on the challenges posed by academically underprepared postgraduate students.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://journals.co.za/content/high/21/1/EJC37415
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent13 pages : illustrations
dc.identifier.citationMouton, J. 2007. Post-graduate studies in South Africa : myths, misconceptions and challenges. South African Journal of Higher Education, 21(1):1078-1090.
dc.identifier.issn1753-5913 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1011-3487 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/103235
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherHESA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyright
dc.subjectPost-graduate studiesen_ZA
dc.subjectCommon fallacies -- Graduate students -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectEducation, Higher -- Aims and objectivesen_ZA
dc.titlePost-graduate studies in South Africa : myths, misconceptions and challengesen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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