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Nature 454, 408 (24 July 2008) | doi:10.1038/454408a; Published online 23 July 2008

Open Innovation Challenges

Doctorate gets a lesson in management

John Kirkland1

BOOK REVIEWEDToward a Global PhD? Forces and Forms in Doctoral Education Worldwide

by Maresi Nerad & Mimi Heggelund

University of Washington Press: 2008. 320 pp. $30, £16.99

Higher education is increasingly market driven, but its most expensive product — the doctorate — is more popular than ever. Doctoral student numbers continue to rise as funding bodies support them with new initiatives.