Enterprising universities are trying to bring doctoral students back to school, but this time with the scaffolding and ...

Shelby Ross is one of this year’s 2025-2026 Elouise Cobell Dissertation Writing-Year Fellows Shelby Ross, a PhD student in geography, has been named as part of the second cohort of the prestigious ...

There is no question that writing can be difficult, but for a doctoral student—for one who has never written a dissertation—writing can suddenly be completely overwhelming. It can remain overwhelming.

British students are cheating their way to PhDs by paying companies thousands of pounds to write their dissertations for them, a MailOnline investigation has revealed. 'Essay mill' firms are offering ...

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At the beginning of my dissertation journey, I didn’t have a clear plan. I was eager to start as soon as possible, and this led to disorganised writing and a lack of focus. To avoid this mistake, ...

On a recent August morning on the seventh floor of the Merchandise Mart, 20 advanced graduate students sat in what must have been the quietest room in the entire city of Chicago. Except for the ...

The Department of Sociology at Western Michigan University follows all of the Graduate College policies regarding the doctoral dissertation procedures. The doctoral dissertation: Is an unpublished ...

Do you have any suggestions for motivating graduate students to meet their dissertation-writing deadlines? I'm working with several bright and energetic students, but they all have difficulty meeting ...