1 Lee S. Shulman, “Doctoral Education Shouldn’t Be a Marathon,” Chronicle of Higher Education, Chronicle Review, April 4, 2010, http://chronicle.com/article/Doctoral-Education-Isnt-a-/64883/ (login required). 2 For an overview of institutional practices and policy issues, see Joan K. Lippincott, “Institutional Strategies and Policies for Electronic Theses and Dissertations,” EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research ECAR Research Bulletin, 2006, no. 13 (June 20, 2006): 1–12, http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERB0613.pdf. 3 Presentations from the annual, international ETD conferences are available at http://www.ndltd.org/events_and_awards/conferences an article providing a good overview of international developments is Haya Asner and Tsviya Polani, “Electronic Theses at Ben-Gurion University: Israel as Part of the Worldwide ETD Movement,” portal: Libraries and the Academy, 8, no. 2 (April 2008): 121–139, http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/toc/pla8.2.html (login required). 4 The authors thank Diane Goldenberg-Hart, Communications Coordinator, CNI, for her assistance with developing, implementing, and analyzing the survey, and Sharon Adams, Administrative Assistant, CNI, for her assistance with the survey administration. 5 Charles B. Lowry, “ETDs and Digital Repositories—A Disciplinary Challenge to Open Access?” portal: Libraries and the Academy 6, no. 4 (October 2006): 387–393, http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/toc/pla6.4.html (login required). Additional resources addressing this issue are available on the NDLTD Web site at http://www.ndltd.org/resources/intellectual-property-issues-and-etds. 6 Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, NDLTD ETD Awards, http://www.ndltd.org/events_and_awards/awards/etd-awards. 7 Diane Goldenberg-Hart, “Enhancing Graduate Education: A Fresh Look at Library Engagement,” ARL: A Bimonthly Report, no. 256 (Feb. 2008): 1–8 see also the presentations available for the fall 2007 ARL-CNI forum on this topic. Goldenberg-Hart’s report and the forum presentations are available at http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/fallforumproceedings/forum07proceedings.shtml. 8 Council of Graduate Schools, PhD Completion and Attrition: Policies and Practices to Promote Student Success (Washington DC: The Council, 2010), http://www.phdcompletion.org/information/book4.asp. © 2010 Joan K. Lippincott and Clifford A. Lynch This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial- Share Alike 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/. To cite this article: Joan K. Lippincott and Clifford A. Lynch. “ETDs and Graduate Education: Programs and Prospects.” Research Library Issues: A Bimonthly Report from ARL, CNI, and SPARC, no. 270 (June 2010): 6–15. http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/rli/archive/rli270.shtml. RLI 270 15 ETDs and Graduate Education: Programs and Prospects ( C O N T I N U E D ) JUNE 2010 RESEARCH LIBRARY ISSUES: A BIMONTHLY REPORT FROM ARL, CNI, AND SPARC