Successful Dissertations and Theses: A Guide to Graduate Student Research from Proposal to Completion by David Madsen


Successful Dissertations and Theses: A Guide to Graduate Student Research from Proposal to Completion
Title : Successful Dissertations and Theses: A Guide to Graduate Student Research from Proposal to Completion
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ISBN : 1555423892
ISBN-10 : 9781555423896
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 174
Publication : First published January 1, 1983

Madsen's book should be welcome both to graduate students about toundertake dissertations and to faculty needing to learn the role ofthesis adviser. . . . Madsen tells how to propose, outline, write,defAnd, and possibly publish a dissertation, information whichshould save graduate students years, pain, and money.
--Library Journal

Successful Dissertations and Theses: A Guide to Graduate Student Research from Proposal to Completion Reviews

  • Lawrence Linnen

    In Great Britain, I am told, students who have completed all the
    requirements for the doctorate except the dissertation are sometimes said
    to be members of "The Schubert Society," a wry characterization inspired
    by that composer's Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, the "Unfinished." Students
    fail to complete the dissertation for a number of reasons: money runs short; ennui sets in; illness, marital discord, and other personal problems make concentration difficult; the dissertation topic proves elusive or unmanageable; enthusiasm wanes. Granted, some students make an honest and realistic appraisal of their interests and talents and conclude that the game is not worth the candle. In most cases, however, the explanation is not so straight forward, and other reasons must be sought, often in the student's personal makeup. In the next few pages, we shall consider some of the characteristics or circumstances that can impede progress toward completion of the degree.