In fact, it might seem that the journey from dissertation chapter to journal article ought to be a relaxing day trip: extract the chapter from the rest of the dissertation, delete any references to ...

Graduate students practice critiquing one another’s thesis chapters, but they rarely read the introductions — usually because those are written to meet a defense deadline. Which is why when ...

Congratulations; you’ve finished your research! Time to write your PhD thesis. This resource will take you through an eight-step plan for drafting your chapters and your thesis as a whole. Before you ...

Professors in my academic generation, especially those in the social and behavioral sciences, are used to a fairly uniform type of five-chapter dissertation. In 1991, the Council of Graduate Schools ...

In writing my dissertation, I went through a mood cycle that was repeated in every chapter. I loved beginning chapters, because I loved reading sources and learning new things, and I liked ...

The following are examples of quality dissertation proposals (i.e., the first three chapters of the dissertation) for the Doctor of Philosophy in educational leadership in the Department of ...

This policy sets out how PGR students can integrate their publications as chapters within their dissertation. 1. PGR students are strongly encouraged to publish their work, including prior to ...