Shifting Gears: Characteristics and Consequences of Latent Class Transitions in Doctoral Socialization

Soojeong Jeong (), Kaylee Litson, Jennifer Blaney and David F. Feldon
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Soojeong Jeong: Utah State University
Kaylee Litson: Utah State University
Jennifer Blaney: Idaho State University
David F. Feldon: Utah State University

Research in Higher Education, 2020, vol. 61, issue 8, No 5, 1027-1053

Abstract: Abstract Using a national sample of 336 biology Ph.D. students, this study classified students based on their interactions with faculty and peers, and investigated longitudinal changes in their interaction classifications over 3 years. We also examined associations between students’ interaction classifications, their demographic backgrounds (e.g., gender, international student status, first-generation status, and underrepresented racial/ethnic minority status), and doctoral outcomes (e.g., sense of belonging, satisfaction with academic development, institutional commitment, and scholarly productivity). The findings revealed that three distinct subgroups existed among the current sample of biology Ph.D. students, with respect to their interactions with their faculty and peers: high interaction with faculty and peers, high interaction with peers only, and low interaction with faculty and peers. However, such patterns of doctoral students’ interactions with faculty and peers tended to, in general, be stable over time. In addition, while the differential effects of demographic variables on changes in these interaction patterns were widely founded, such changes were not substantially linked to doctoral student outcomes. Implications for research on doctoral education and socialization theory are discussed.

Keywords: Doctoral socialization; Faculty-student interaction; Peer interaction; Person-centered approach; Latent transition analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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