I’ve started a new blog series written primarily for an audience of graduate students in traditional doctoral programs. Although some of the advice applies to graduate students at online universities, online students face different challenges in working with advisors and committee members because often they have never met their advisor, and the primary means of communication is by email. In addition they are often provided a list of faculty members who are available to serve on committees, however they may find that the faculty with whom they’ve taken courses are not available to work with them on their dissertations.
In the series you will learn about:
• Preventing Dissertation Dropout
• Building Relationships and Establishing Support Groups
• Selecting an Advisor
• Recognizing Different Types of Advisors
• Identifying Your Advising Needs
• Creating an Advisory Committee
• Maintaining Healthy Communication with Your Advisor and Committee Members
• Repairing and Ending Relationships
• Establishing Yourself as a Member of the Research Community
A new post will go up each Monday. Please visit my new ACW blog and read my blog series: Dr Sally Jensen’s ACW Blog