It goes without saying that at some point during the thesis/dissertation process, you may be forced to seek help from an external party. This is true even for the most seasoned dissertation veterans and is nothing to be ashamed about. Usually, this help comes in the form of a fellow student, colleague, and your dissertation adviser. However, especially when implementing more technical studies, it may be very difficult to find quality help especially if your dissertation supervisor is not … [Read more...]
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Managing Your Dissertation Chair Person
If you are a doctoral student, you must go through a very long and tedious process in order to successfully submit your doctoral dissertation. Each part of the process is fully dependent on the others (i.e., your chair and committee); this makes it near impossible to ignore or downplay certain aspects of the dissertation. Moreover, each of these steps, from the conception and proposal phases, to the research, drafting, and defense phases, is completely unique in its own way. Furthermore, a … [Read more...]