A Silent Success

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"Proclaims master's degree programs `the silent success' of higher education. From business to nursing, from theater management to urban affairs, master's degree recipients interviewed in the study said the degree had pleased them intellectually, pleased their employers, improved their salaries and made them more employable...Why haven't the universities, hard-pressed for good news, made more of this?--'Washington Post' "Considered the most wide-ranging work on the master's degree in more than 30 years."--Debra F. Blum, 'Chronicle of Higher Education' "The study's findings contradict conventional wisdom about the degree. Rather than being a `consolation prize' to students who don't want to pursue a doctorate degree, the master's degree is actually considered a professional degree valued not only by recipients but employers as well, the results showed.--'College Press Service' "An excellent volume on the master's degree and understanding master's level education in the United States."--'International Admissions Bibliography' "Utilizing a survey and interviewing instrument, Conrad, et al. examine hundreds of institutions where the master's is either terminal, en route to the doctorate, or professional.--Jean-Pierre V. M. Herubel, 'Libraries and Culture' "Because of this book, master's education is a success that's silent no longer."--Donna E. Shalala "Concludes that master's programs appear to be remarkably successful with stakeholders expressing a high degree of esteem for the programs."--'Resources in Education'