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The Transition to Independent Research: Who Makes It, Who Doesn't, and Why

Barbara E. LovittsView further author information
Pages 296-325 | Published online: 21 Oct 2016
 
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Barbara E. Lovitts

Barbara E. Lovitts is a Senior Associate in the Division of Social and Economic Policy at Abt Associates in Bethesda, MD. She is the author of Leaving the Ivory Tower: The Causes and Consequences of Departure from Doctoral Study and Making the Implicit Explicit: Creating Performance Expectations for the Dissertation.

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