Rethinking the dissertation process : tackling personal and institutional obstacles / Lester F. Goodchild [and others], editors.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:New directions for higher education ; no. 99.
Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series ; v. 25, no.3.
Other Authors: Goodchild, Lester F.
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1997.
Series:New directions for higher education ; no. 99.
Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series ; v. 25, no.3.
Subjects:
Universities and colleges > Study and teaching (Graduate) > United States.
Dissertations, Academic.
Education > Research.
Physical Description:122 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Key players in the dissertation process / Elinor L. Katz
  • The American doctorate and dissertation: six developmental stages / Lester F. Goodchild, Margaret M. Miller
  • Research methodologies and the doctoral process / John W. Creswell, Gary A. Miller
  • Students' attitudes toward the responsibilities and barriers in doctoral study / Raymond C. Kluever
  • Psychosocial factors affecting dissertation completion / Kathy E. Green
  • Nontraditional-aged women and the dissertation: a case study approach / Kathryn S. Lenz
  • The institution cares: Berkeley's efforts to support dissertation writing in the humanities and social sciences / Maresi Nerad, Debra Sands Miller
  • Pursuing the Ph. D. in the sciences and engineering: trends and observations / Roger E. Salters
  • Completing the dissertation: theory, research, and practice / Leonard L. Baird.