Becoming Dr. Dad: An Examination of the Influences Affecting Working Fathers' Ability to Earn their Doctorates (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781096805557)

Doctoral programs have faced attrition rates of approximately 50% for the past 50 years, coming at a cost to both universities and the students who walk away emptyhanded. Universities have tried to address the problem several ways, yet high attrition rates persist and in some areas are worsening. At the same time, research is showing over the last 10-15 years that fathers are experiencing unprecedented levels of poor work-life balance as they redefine what it means to be a father today. With most fathers now considering it their responsibility to both care for their children and provide for them, the merging of traditional breadwinning responsibilities with caregiving responsibilities is leaving fathers with increased stress levels, emotional exhaustion, a sense of role-overload, and worsening health. Becoming Dr. Dad examines how these two phenomena intersect and examines the influences affecting working fathers' ability to earn their doctorates. Based on evidence from surveys and interviews of working fathers pursuing their doctorates, this book begins to bridge a gap between the two bodies of research regarding doctoral attrition and the evolving role of fathers and contributes to a new line of work examining steps to be taken to improve doctoral completion rates of an at-risk population.

Author: Juan S. Garcia
ISBN-10: 1096805553
ISBN-13: 9781096805557
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 09/22/2019
Pages: 210
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.44d