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Keeping Up with the Joneses: Socialization and Culture in Doctoral Education at One Striving Institution
- The Journal of Higher Education
- The Ohio State University Press
- Volume 81, Number 6, November/December 2010
- pp. 728-749
- 10.1353/jhe.2010.0013
- Article
- Additional Information
Institutional prestige is an inherent part of higher education in the U.S., resulting in rankings that often become the rationale for resource allocation. Interviews with 38 faculty members and 60 doctoral students led to a better understanding of how prestige-seeking influenced their views of doctoral education at one institution.