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Success in Graduate School and After: Survey Results from the Midwest Region, Part III

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2006

Vicki L. Hesli ,
Jacqueline DeLaat ,
Jeremy Youde ,
Jeanette Mendez  and
Sang-shin Lee
Vicki L. Hesli
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
Jacqueline DeLaat
Affiliation:
Marietta College
Jeremy Youde
Affiliation:
San Diego State University
Jeanette Mendez
Affiliation:
Oklahoma State University
Sang-shin Lee
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
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Ph.D.-granting institutions want students to complete their doctoral degrees. Most graduate departments in political science focus their training on preparing students to pursue academic careers. We provide valid and reliable empirical data about the factors that affect students' prospects for successfully completing political science doctoral degrees and finding academic jobs. Because National Science Foundation data (2002, Table 53) reveal significant differences in the number of doctoral degrees awarded to women compared with men, we test a series of hypotheses based on the existing literature that may account for these differences. Our paper applies knowledge gained from previous studies, such as in the area of mentoring (Wasby 2001; Andersen 2001; Benesh 2001), to explain observed gender differences in doctoral degree completion and success in gaining academic employment thereafter.The research was commissioned and funded by the Executive Council of the Midwest Political Science Association; additional funding was provided by the department of political science at the University of Iowa. Barbara Burrell of Northern Illinois University oversaw the data collection for round two of the panel study. Kimberly M. Lewis of the University of Iowa provided research assistance.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 39 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 317 - 325
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© 2006 The American Political Science Association

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