Postgraduate Education in Higher Education, 1st ed. 2018 University Development and Administration Series

This handbook brings together contributors from the United States, Australasia and Europe who use theoretical insights and empirical data to examine current practices as well as possible future directions of postgraduate education. A full range of postgraduate study options are explored, including PhD and professional doctorates, masters awards, and taught coursework programs. The contributions of key stakeholders to the delivery of postgraduate education are addressed, including students, supervisors and university administrators.

The external pressures that universities around the world are experiencing, including neoliberalism, the massification of student numbers, disruptive innovations, and external quality benchmarking, are considered in terms of the ways that they are prompting change in how postgraduate study is administered and delivered.

Many chapters contain specific recommendations to meet organisational and student needs, including for specific demographics such as international students or specific programs. The professional, employment, and information literacy needs of students and the professional development of supervisors and processes for examination are also considered.  

Ronel Erwee was a Professor in Human Resource Management in the School of Management and Enterprise in the Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts at the Toowoomba campus of the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, where she had previously been Head of Department, Head of School, and Director of the Australian Graduate School of Business. Professor Erwee supervised several successful candidates in the Doctor of Philosophy and the Doctor of Business Administration programs, and she was an elected member of the Executive DBA Council in the United States. Professor Erwee was a leading contributor to the development of a toolkit and framework to support new postgraduate research supervisors, under the auspices of the then Australian Office for Learning and Teaching. Professor Erwee was Senior Editor of the International Journal of Organisational Behaviour, and she served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Industrial Psychology. Professor Erwee’s publications reflected her research interests in postgraduate supervision, distance and online education, university leadership, knowledge management, strategic thinking, and business ethics. Professor Erwee was a member of the Executive of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, as well as a member of the Academy of Management in the United States. Professor Erwee was one of 30 Technical Advisors to the Constitutional Assembly in South Africa during the rewriting of its constitution. The University of Southern Queensland has established the Ronel Erwee Memorial Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Research Supervision in Professor Erwee’s honor.

Meredith A. Harmes teaches communication and also works in the enabling programs at the University of Southern Queensland in Australia. Her research i

Theoretical insights and empirical data on current practices and future directions in postgraduate education

With recommendations to meet specific organizational and student needs

Explores the full range of postgraduate study options and courses in detail

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras