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Credential Inflation and the Professional Doctorate in California Higher Education

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  • La Belle, Thomas J.

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The article argues that the time has come to change California’s 1960 Master Plan for higher education by permitting the California State University (CSU) to award the doctorate in selected professional programs. The article also addresses the inadequacies of the joint doctorate as the means to remedy degree or credential creep; the CSU’s focus on securing permission to grant the Ed.D. rather than other professional doctoral degrees; and the dominant role played in the State by the CSU relative to the UC in master’s level education. Subsequently, the article considers why degree and credential creep occurs and explanations for the changes going on in physical therapy and audiology; and it explores other fields where degree changes are in flux.

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  • La Belle, Thomas J., 2004. "Credential Inflation and the Professional Doctorate in California Higher Education," University of California at Berkeley, Center for Studies in Higher Education qt1s98k07z, Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley.
    • Handle: RePEc:cdl:cshedu:qt1s98k07z
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    1. Zusman, Ami, 2013. "DEGREES OF CHANGE: How New Kinds of Professional Doctorates are Changing Higher Education Institutions," University of California at Berkeley, Center for Studies in Higher Education qt7qf3t0x6, Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley.

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