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All over the world, systems of doctoral education increasingly belong to a context where diverse stakeholders and policy makers are driving developments in higher education. The PhD has become a target for policy attention and intervention by governments and supranational organizations, such as the European Union and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, as they seek to expand and enhance doctoral education in their countries and regions.
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Nerad, M. (2014). Introduction. In: Globalization and Its Impacts on the Quality of PhD Education. Global Perspectives on Higher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-569-4_1
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