TY - JOUR
T1 - Foreign-area expertise in U.S. Geography
T2 - An assessment of capacity based on foreign-area dissertations, 1977-1991
AU - Turner, B. L.
AU - Dmitry, Varlyguin
N1 - Funding Information:
‘Wc appreciate the insights gained from various memhers of the National Council, AAG, in 1992 and 1YY3 during the devrlopment of this work and from the anonymous renewers of this paper. We thank the AAG, Center for Advanced Srudies in the Behavioral Sciences, and NSF grant #SBR9022192 for their support in the preparation of this manuscript.
PY - 1995/8
Y1 - 1995/8
N2 - Interpretations of a decline in foreign-area specialization have raised concerns about the capacity of geography in the United States to serve the expected increase in demands for foreign-area expertise. An assessment of foreign-area dissertations awarded by U.S. geography programs over a 15-year period (1977-1991) fails to support the concerns raised. No significant declines, if any at all, are found for early career interest and research in foreign areas. Several caveats are warranted, however. Geography has lost three doctoral programs with strong foreign-area dissertation records for the period in question. Also, non-U.S. citizens, many of whom do not remain in the United States after completion of their doctorate work, account for a significant proportion of foreign-area dissertations. Various questions that must be addressed to analyze the capacity question more broadly are identified.
AB - Interpretations of a decline in foreign-area specialization have raised concerns about the capacity of geography in the United States to serve the expected increase in demands for foreign-area expertise. An assessment of foreign-area dissertations awarded by U.S. geography programs over a 15-year period (1977-1991) fails to support the concerns raised. No significant declines, if any at all, are found for early career interest and research in foreign areas. Several caveats are warranted, however. Geography has lost three doctoral programs with strong foreign-area dissertation records for the period in question. Also, non-U.S. citizens, many of whom do not remain in the United States after completion of their doctorate work, account for a significant proportion of foreign-area dissertations. Various questions that must be addressed to analyze the capacity question more broadly are identified.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.0033-0124.1995.00308.x
DO - 10.1111/j.0033-0124.1995.00308.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0008997782
SN - 0033-0124
VL - 47
SP - 308
EP - 314
JO - Professional Geographer
JF - Professional Geographer
IS - 3
ER -