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ERIC Number: EJ424205
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0363-4523
Social and Task Functions of the Dissertation Partner: One Way of Avoiding Terminal ABD Status.
Monsour, Michael; Corman, Steve
Communication Education, v40 n2 p180-86 Apr 1991
Describes a procedure that communication departments, advisors, and graduate students can utilize to help students cope with the task and social pressures that accompany working on a dissertation. Suggests that being and having a dissertation partner supplements the advisor's role by providing task support and social support. (KEH)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Doctoral Dissertations, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Research Directors, Research Methodology, Speech Communication
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Advisor Role; All but Dissertation