Tradition and Innovation Dialectics in Russian Dissertation Culture by P. I. Kasatkin, E. A. Antyukhova

“…The lack of such opportunities in the practice of awarding academic degrees existing in the domestic dissertation culture excluding modification of the manuscript submitted to defence after holding a meeting of dissertation committees, as well as other defects of the historically developed model of awarding academic degrees, defined the fastest transition of the MGIMO University to a new model of certification. …”
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RT education and COVID-19 pneumonia discharge quality by Ramandeep Kaur, Anne Geistkemper, Riten Mitra, Ellen A. Becker

“…A time-to-event multi-state regression model was used to determine the impact of RT academic degree and adult critical care competencies on discharge outcomes using α=0.05…”
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ABOUT THE "INDUSTRIAL" POSTGRADUATE STUDIES (APPLIED RESEARCH) by B. I. Bednyi

“…The paper is a response to the article "Candidate Engineering - Academic Degree Required Now". The author focuses on the urgency of interaction between universities and enterprises in training highly qualified engineering personnel. …”
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English language instructors’ beliefs about the role of L1 in English language development and formal instruction in Croatia: A survey by Erk Mirna

“…Data was further analysed in order to explore variables most likely to impact instructors’ belief systems (participants’ age and academic degree, students’ language level, learning setting). …”
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Harmonization of Postgraduate Training System with the Certification of Candidates of Sciences by S. I. Pakhomov, V. A. Gurtov, L. V. Shchegoleva

“…Harmonization of Postgraduate Training System with the Certification of Candidates of Sciences The activities of the postgraduate school and the network of dissertation councils represent the stages of the trajectory of the formation of a researcher with an academic degree. This means that their activities should be coordinated. …”
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Iranian L2 Researchers' Perspectives on Research Ethics by Zhila Gharaveisi, Adel Dastgoshadeh

“…A total of ten teacher researchers were selected among a larger group of researchers based on the criteria of academic degree and familiarity with research principles. …”
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Birdwatcher profile in the Ria Formosa Natural Park by Andreia Costa, Pedro Pintassilgo, António Matias, Patrícia Pinto, Maria Helena Guimarães

“…They are highly educated (74% have an academic degree). Concerning profession, the most frequent answer was retired (41%). …”
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“Looking for a Better Future”: Examining African Portuguese-Speaking Students’ Motivation to Study in Portuguese Higher Education by Catarina Doutor, Natália Alves

“…Opting to study in Portugal is seen as a chance for African students to access quality higher education and to obtain an academic degree with significant recognition in the country of origin, with anticipated positive impacts on the personal, social, and professional aspects of their lives. …”
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The Prevalence of the Burnout Syndrome and Factors Associated in the Students of Dentistry in Integral Clinic: A Cross-Sectional Study by Luis Alberto Chauca Bajaña, Luis Campos Lascano, Lourdes Jaramillo Castellon, Carlos Carpio Cevallos, Gabriela Cevallos-Pozo, Byron Velasquez Ron, Fábio França Vieira e Silva, Mario Perez-Sayans

“…It was found that the BS had a prevalence of high levels of exhaustion and depersonalization correlated with the marital status and level of preparation (academic degree) of the person, finding a prevalence of symptoms such as pain in the neck, head, TMJ, and back.…”
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Educational Trajectories of Parents as a Factor of Reproductive Behavior on the Example of the Republic of Tatarstan (2013-2022) by Ch. I. Ildarhanova, G. N. Ershova

“…The period between the first and second births ranges from 2 to 6 years, for women with higher education and an academic degree, it is slightly longer. The novelty of the work lies in assessing the impact of parental education on the desired number of children, determining the average age of the father at the birth of the first child and the boarding periods, their assessment in the context of the city-village based on the results of sociological studies on the generative behavior of men and women in the Republic of Tatarstan.…”
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Doctoral Supervision in Russian Universities: to the Problem of Balancing Activity and Performance by B. I. Bednyi, N. V. Rybakov

“…The paper addresses two main questions: (1) how does the number of doctoral students assigned influence a supervisor’s performance; (2) is there a correlation between a level of performance of guided students and their supervisor’s position, academic degree, academic rank and citation metrics and publication productivity. …”
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How Russian Doctoral Education Fulfills Its Main Mission: Scientometric Assessments (Article 2) by B. I. Bednyi, A. A. Mironos, N. V. Rybakov

“…As a result of our research, it was established that the actual timeframe of doctoral students’ advancement to their academic degree is determined by discipline-related factors. …”
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Cluster analysis of digital competencies among professors in higher education by Karime Chahuán-Jiménez, Eduardo Lara-Yergues, Dominique Garrido-Araya, Elena Salum-Alvarado, Paulina Hurtado-Arenas, Rolando Rubilar-Torrealba

“…PurposeThis research focuses on the diagnosis and clustering of professor higher education in relation to digital competencies, based on different levels of digital competency development.MethodsThe methodology employed in this study involved an Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression analysis and cluster analysis using K-means clustering algorithm, considering the Silhouette score, based on the responses obtained through a questionnaire DigComEdu framework, and adjusted according to the experts who conducted a validity analysis.ResultsThe findings indicate that, for the sample professor who answers the questionnaire voluntarily and confidentially, considering margin of error of 5%, a confidence level of 95%, and a response distribution of 50%, corresponding to 314 professors, with a Crombach’s alpha of 0.56, there is no relation between the variables of investigation, age, gender, academic degree, academic hierarchy, and years in academy and the level of digital competencies among professors. …”
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Constitutive Parliament and its speakers by Algis Kasperavičius

“…However, it wasn't a big imperfection of the just born parliamentary system of Lithuania. A diploma or an academic degree isn't identical to the broad mind and the knowledge necessary for political leaders. …”
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The Association of Pension Income with the Incidence of Type I Obesity among Retired Israelis by Yuval Arbel, Chaim Fialkoff, Amichai Kerner

“…For males older than 67, results show a rise in projected obesity with car ownership by 6.10% (p=0.0897) to 6.41% (p=0.0469) and a drop in projected obesity with academic degree status by 9.93% (p=0.0106) to 10.14% (p=0.0118) and immigration status from American-European countries by 7.67% (p=0.0821) to 8.99% (p=0.0398) and Asian-African countries by 11.63% (p=0.0245) to 11.99% (p=0.02). …”
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ON SOME PROBLEMS OF DISSERTATION OPPONENCY by V. Ya. Gelman

“…A number of the top-ranking universities and research institutes are given the right to award their own academic degrees. However, the overwhelming majority of dissertational councils (about 2000) continue to work under the guidance and in accordance with the regulatory documents of the Higher Attestation Commission. …”
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Omsk conference on the history of the Civil War in Eastern Russia: history and development prospects by A. V. Sushko, D. I. Petin

“…The key characteristics of past conferences are analyzed (topics and number of materials in collections, geography of authors, whether they have academic degrees, the total number of participants, etc.). …”
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Ways to Improve the Efficiency of Doctoral Education by A. M. Margolin, R M. Mel’nikov

“…The authors give special consideration to justified recommendations concerning the following issues: improvement of the quality of doctoral student body; increase in scholarship provision in conjunction with the creation of financial incentives for dissertation completion and defense; development of mechanisms to improve the performance of academic supervisors; refinement of the procedure of dissertation results examination in each of three interconnected stages: student performance review, dissertation defense and dissertation review by the expert board of the State Commissions for Academic Degrees and Titles.…”
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Professional Doctorates: International Experience and Russian Context by B. I. Bednyi, S. K. Bekova, N. V. Rybakov, E. A. Terentev, N. A. Khodeeva

“…Recently, there have been discussions about the need to expand the range of programs and the types of academic degrees in Russia. In this article, we present the analysis of professional doctoral programs: in response to what challenges and needs they appeared, how they are implemented, in what forms they exist. …”
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Ramiro Ledesma Ramos: años de literatura (1924-1930) by José-Carlos Mainer

“…Born in the modest large family of a rural teacher, Ramiro Ledesma Ramos (1905-1936), he was a post office civil employee and a self taught person, though he studied at Madrid university without achieving any academical degree. His 1924 novel, "El sello de la muerte" ("The label of the death"), expressively dedicated to Unamuno, recreates the autobiography of a hard life's writer who, in the moment of accomplishing fame, commits suicide. …”
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