Download or read book Leaving the Ivory Tower written by Barbara E. Lovitts and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graduate schools have faced attrition rates of approximately half since 1960. This study examines what is wrong with the structure of graduate education in its aim to locate the root cause of attrition in the social structure.