A Mixed Research Investigation of Factors Related to Time to the Doctorate in Education

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Hearing their voices: Factors doctoral candidates attribute to their persistence (2012, background): “Researchers have called for more doctoral persistence research using qualitative methods of inquiry (Hoskins & Goldberg, 2005; Wao & Onwuegbuzie, 2011).”
Doctoral Students' Emotional Exhaustion and Intentions to Leave Academia (2016, background): “Furthermore, a typical doctoral program in North America takes five to seven years to complete, usually followed by two to four years of postdoctoral training in many of the sciences (Golde, 2001; Onwuegbuzie & Wao, 2011).”
Doctoral students’ experiences leading to completion or attrition: a matter of sense, progress and distress (2017, background): “Second, qualitative studies on PhD students’ dropout often present a range of challenges, difficulties and obstacles faced by PhD students (e.g. Bayley et al. 2012; Ferrer de Valero 2001; Wao and Onwuegbuzie 2011).”
Navigating the Doctoral Experience: The Role of Social Support in Successful Degree Completion (2012, background): “Additional research revealed that students who receive social support through regular interactions with their advisers tend to complete their degrees more quickly than students whose advisers do not provide as much feedback (Wao & Onwuegbuzie, 2011).”