What makes a good introduction for a dissertation? Graduate students practice critiquing one another’s thesis chapters, but they rarely read the introductions — usually because those are written to ...

The Graduate School does not have a deadline to defend, however, the committee approved dissertation, thesis, or report may only be submitted after a successful defense. Graduate students can defend ...

From initial research and writing to revision, defence and award, the journey to completing a PhD is often described as a marathon. Here, academics offer their insight on each step towards producing ...