Abstract

Prior research has suggested factors such as university and program ranking may impact master’s students’ decisions to attend particular doctoral programs. One source of this information is likely their graduate director. However, sparse research exists on graduate directors’ referrals to doctoral education and specific programs. To address this gap in the literature, we surveyed 143 criminal justice graduate directors at masters-granting institutions across the U.S. Respondents were asked about the factors that influence their decisions to (1) recommend students to doctoral education, (2) recommend specific Ph.D. programs, (3) their perceptions of the quality of education at specific programs and (4) their likelihood of referring students to those doctoral programs. Results suggest that the referral decision is a multi-faceted concept. Findings also indicate that master’s program graduate directors’ ranking of criminal justice Ph.D. programs diverge from popular rankings of similar Ph.D. programs. Implications, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.

摘要

先前的研究表明，大学和课程排名等因素可能会影响硕士生参加特定博士课程的决定。这些信息的一个来源可能是他们的研究生主任。然而，关于研究生主任转介博士教育和特定项目的研究很少。为了弥补文献中的这一差距，我们对美国硕士授予机构的 143 名刑事司法研究生主任进行了调查，受访者被问及影响他们决定的因素：（1）推荐学生接受博士教育，（2）推荐特定的博士学位。 D. 项目，（3）他们对特定项目的教育质量的看法，以及（4）他们将学生推荐给这些博士项目的可能性。结果表明，转诊决定是一个多方面的概念。调查结果还表明，硕士课程研究生主任对刑事司法博士的排名。程序与类似博士的流行排名不同。程式。讨论了未来研究的影响、局限性和方向。