Review on American doctoral education since 1990s:problems and reforms
American doctoral education is always regarded as the highest academic level in the world. But with the development of American economy and the need of politics, the problems of time-to-degree, dropout/high attrition. The reason lies on the incongruous between doctoral program and the needs of society, lacking of financial support, high quality curriculum and suitable job direction. So the doctoral education institutions and the universities take a series of measures to improve it.