## 2025-03-18 Updates from Mindy: - We learned some stuff. Should have built in things leading up to dissertation. - New folks can be on Comps Committee and Dissertation Committee - James was our advisor. He did our program plan. - Your dissertation is your dissertation! Own it! - Disclaimer: You are responsible for understanding the Doctoral Process and where you are in it. - Summer course: Research Question completed. Comprehensive review is Literature review and methodology Tuesday nights, like two courses, but it's going to be one course. Research Question completed. Goal Comps completed. Literature review and methodology - Proposal defense - Question, lit review and methodology. Then move into the phase of writing a dissertation. - D1 Form - Comps Committee! - 3 people 2 internal 1 external (max) - Chair is Tom or Mindy - 4 chapter (combine chapter 1 & 2) or 5 chapter person. - Chapter 1 Intro & Question - Chapter 2 lit review - Chapter 3 methodology - Chapter 4 data analysis - Chapter 5 summary - Meet with Marvin to Brainstorm - Meet with your Committee chair as early/often as possible. ### Classification of Doctoral Students There are two stages in a student's doctoral degree work: (1) A pre-candidate is a student who has requirements to fulfill in addition to the dissertation, including course work, language requirements, and/or comprehensive examinations. YOU ARE HERE (2) A candidate is a student who has met all degree requirements except the completion of the dissertation. Summer 2025 Session Schedule • Session II: 6/16/25 - 7/12/25. • Session Ill: 7/14/25 - 8/9/25. EDUC 7660 Learning Community of Practice VII Academic Writing for Educational Practitioners 3 Session II: 6/16/25 - 7/12/25 Session Ill: 7/14/25 - 8/9/25. EDUC 7395 D1 Form - Establish your Comps Committee Comprehensive Exam - written & oral ## 2023-01-23 one faculty member is advisor for everyone - has been past experience. 2 advisors (doctoral program advisor - paperwork, bureaucratic | [[Dissertation Chair Advisor]] - someone you invite or ask to serve in that role.) [[Dissertation Committee]] - Advisor and two others Servant leadership - Mindy Quantitative - James Doesn't have to be at the University. Choosing your [[Dissertation ideas]] - you have to be passionate about it. You never "prove" anything. Sharpen your [[Dissertation Research Question Draft|Research Question]]. Shed meaningful light on it, that should be the goal. Typical PhD - research project. EdD, could do Professional Development as the project. Is it adequate to "count as a dissertation"? Could do a PD around Doing School Differently. ## notes from [[Marvin W Berkowitz]] - Steps and missteps - Focus on something you are really passionate about - that you are willing to devote your year to. - It's a process. Your pencil starts not sharpened. - Do just one bucket of lit review. - Bucket - there are a lot of buckets to your dissertation. - You're telling a story in your dissertation. - Searching the literature - Precise usefulness to you - Use it to look for other things you should look up. - Always going backwards - Make a list of [[Authors and Terms For Dissertation]] - Big review chapters - did the work for you. - Don't use textbooks as scholarly works - Trade or Mass Market books - Don't use Mass Market books - It depends on what you're trying to say about this work you're citing - Utilize the librarians.