Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), South African - TUT lecturer Sipho Mbatha becomes SA's first doctor of fashion design [News24, June 2021]

Title:

TUT lecturer Sipho Mbatha becomes SA's first doctor of fashion design

 

Author:

Gertrude Makhafola

 

Published:

News24, 12 June 2021

https://www.news24.com/news24/SouthAfrica/News/tut-lecturer-sipho-mbatha-becomes-sas-first-doctor-of-fashion-design-20210612

 

From the article:

* Tshwane University of Technology lecturer Sipho Mbatha has become the first South African to obtain a doctorate in fashion design. 

 

* His study examined the fashion industry and government's role.

 

The mad rush for Ph.D. The dignity and respect associated with a doctorate has gone down the drain [The Hindu, 26 December 2020]

Title:

The mad rush for Ph.D.

 

Authors:

Matthew C. Ninan & Unnikrishnan K.

Published:

The Hindu, 26 December 2020 (updated)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/the-mad-rush-for-phd/article33424717.ece

From the article:

We come across people who take a Ph.D. like a magician bringing out a parrot from his black hat. Suddenly we find the prefix ‘Dr.’ added to their names. Nothing was known about their working on a thesis, no endless trips to a guide or a university, no reams of printed sheets, and the final spiral-bound tome, but a Ph.D. materialises from nowhere. This happens to be a scam in the sphere of education in our country today. This is scandalous, to say the least.

HEPI Blog post (16 March 2020) - What might Covid-19 mean for PhD students & postdocs?

Title:
What might Covid-19 mean for PhD students & postdocs?

Author:
Bethan Cornell

Published:
HEPI (Higher Education Policy Institute) Blog, 16 March 2020

From the blog post:
"What might be the implications for doctoral (PhD) students and postdoctoral researchers that are unable to work due to Covid-19, either because of self-isolation or departmental closure?"

To read this blog post:
https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2020/03/16/what-might-covid-19-mean-for-phd-students-postdocs/

Scholarly Article - Predictors of Online Doctoral Student Success: A Quantitative Study

Title:
Predictors of Online Doctoral Student Success: A Quantitative Study

Authors:
Scott W.M. Burrus, Todd D. Fiore & Melanie E. Shaw

Published:
Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, Volume XXII, Number 4, Winter 2019

From the abstract:
Online doctoral education is expanding; however, there is a paucity of research on the predictors of student success in these programs. Institutional leaders struggle to provide the academic environment and interventions to help online doctoral students make continual progress and complete their doctoral research, especially in open enrollment environments. In this study, a primarily online doctoral-granting institution undertook significant financial and philosophical investments, in the form of modified processes and interventions, to support student success in completing their doctoral research. To better understand the impact of these investments, this study used student intervention and progress data to analyze which interventions were predictors of online doctoral student success as measured by accelerated progression."

To read this article:
https://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/winter224/burrusfioreshaw224.html