Are doctoral studies in South Africa higher education being put at risk?
| dc.contributor.author | Waghid, Yusef | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-21T08:02:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-21T08:02:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Waghid, Y. 2015. Are doctoral studies in South Africa higher education being put at risk? South African Journal of Higher Education, 29(5):1-7. | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajhe | |
| dc.description.abstract | Inasmuch as many attempts are being made in South Africa to increase the doctoral throughput rate, it appears as if the rush to produce doctoral (PhD) qualifications might just be the biggest risk that confronts the pursuit of doctoral studies. The author argues that, in the quest to accelerate the number of doctorates produced in the country, higher education institutions (HEIs), in particular administrators and – to a lesser extent – supervisors, run the risk of trivialising doctoral education: because of an over-emphasis on throughput rates alone, the purpose of the doctorate is assigned to a mere exercise of technical compliance and completion. In this article, the author offers a word of caution as to what the doctorate should not be subjected to if such a highlevel achievement is to remain an aspiration of those serious about knowledge construction, reconstruction and deconstruction. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.format.extent | 7 pages | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Waghid, Y. 2015. Are doctoral studies in South Africa higher education being put at risk? South African Journal of Higher Education, 29(5):1-7. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1753-5913 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/104312 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | UNISA Press | |
| dc.rights.holder | Author retains copyright | |
| dc.subject | Doctor of philosophy degree | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Education, Higher -- South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Are doctoral studies in South Africa higher education being put at risk? | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |