Abstract
The AEJ Theory and Methodology Division's Teaching Committee will present preliminary results of a Ph.D. manpower study at a session Aug. 19 during the AEJ convention in Ft. Collins, Colo. Data will include a survey of doctorate production in communications fields and estimates of job openings in the next decade. Meanwhile, debate continues in many university circles over how important doctorate degrees are to journalism education. Four views — by Gene Burd, Curtis D. MacDougall, William R. Lindley and Steven H. Chaffee — are presented in the pages that follow.
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