The Fastest Path to a PhD?

Okay, I may be stepping out on a limb here, but after years of teaching doctoral research courses as a professor, serving as dissertation Chair to nearly 100 doctoral graduates, and finally as Coach to motivated and struggling doctoral candidates, I’ve reached an opinion as to the fastest path to earn a doctorate. Ready?

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Developing a Dissertation Research Topic

Throughout my academic career as a doctoral professor, reviewer, chair/advisor, methodologist, and coach I’ve had the opportunity to work with countless students for dissertation topic selection or refinement. As noted in a previous blog post, topic selection is critical towards doctoral success or failure. For this blog post, the focus is on topic selection and development.

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Help - I Can't Afford an Editor!

Editors are worth their weight in gold and are by far worth the investment - whether you are told you need an editor, or not. However, editors can be expensive and may be beyond the budget for many doctoratal and higher education students living on a shoe string.

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Dissertation Research Questions: Do’s and Don’ts

Dissertation research questions are glue, and where the rubber meets the road for doctoral inquiry as they reflect the problem and purpose, then drive the associated research method and design for study completion. As such, properly formed research questions are imperative to study success!

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Dissertation Topic Selection: A Critical Choice Toward Doctoral Success or Failure

Beyond the topic elements, the key point for this blog post is the importance of choosing a dissertation topic that will ultimately and successfully facilite graduation within one’s expectations for time and cost. The key for success? DATA COLLECTION!!! Really? YES!!! Why? Great question!

Several topics involve difficult to obtain data, for several reasons. Here’s a few:

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