期刊名称：International Review of Social Sciences and Humanities
印刷版ISSN：2250-0715
电子版ISSN：2248-9010
出版年度：2011
卷号：1
期号：1
页码：15-29
出版社：International Review of Social Sciences and Humanities
摘要：The range of postgraduate students keep increasing and striving for excellence. Good resources at this level are of vital importance. This culminates support and services offered by university and instituition. A recent study in Australia indicated that 60 percent of beginning doctoral candidates in 1992 would have completed successfully by 2003 (that is 11 years after initial enrolment), suggesting an attrition rate of 40 percent [1]. The same study also reported considerable variation in completion rates between institutions. This issue is worrisome if the completion rates become lower and lower. Meanwhile, the government and the institutions is trying to attract more students by making every effort to provide quality education. However, this sometimes are not consistently meet students expectations. They needs certain support and guidance from instituition so that they can finish their study within time frame. Thus, a review of literature and disscussion concerning the attrition and completion rate in postgraduate studies is hoped to assist the institution and the students to articulate their expectations clearly, and thereby to reduce potential problems and to facilitate the creative process of postgraduate studies.
