Eleven Stages of a Doctoral Program:

A Survival Guide©

Gerald D. Bailey
Educational Leadership
Bluemont Hall - Room 303
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas 66506

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jbailey@ksu.edu

The purpose of this guide is to answer several questions that advisees may have about progressing through a graduate program. The information contained in the guide pertains to Dr. Gerald D. Bailey's students and do not necessarily apply to other students in Educational Leadership or other departments in the College of Education.


Index

Introduction


Introduction: How Do I Get From Here to There?
Anticipating, Establishing, and Meeting Due Dates and Deadlines
Psychological Lows and Highs

Doctoral Program Stages

1. Make Application to the Program
2. Being Admitted to the Program
3. Establish a Program of Study

4. Complete Course Work

Enrollment Procedures
Creating a Program Completion Timeline
Doctoral Program Completion Sheet--Short Form
Doctoral Program Timeline
Benchmarking with Goals--
A 7 Day Timeline Schedule--
Benchmarking with Goals--
A Month-by-Month Timeline Schedule

5. Complete Internship Requirement

Internship Proposal--Approval Sheet

6. Complete Preliminary Examinations
7. Develop Dissertation Proposal 

Selecting Your Dissertation Topic
Writing a Dissertation Proposal.
Proposal Checklist

8. Write Dissertation(Example: Dissertation--Dave Pownell (pdf))

Writing a Dissertation: Some Suggestions
Dissertation Length
Dissertation Timeline
Directions for Submitting Dissertation Chapters
Research and Development Dissertation--Dissertation
Outline Checklist.

9a. Defend Dissertation
9b. Submit Electronic Dissertation to the Graduate School

10. Disseminate Dissertation Findings
11. Placement: Locate or Relocate

Avoiding the ABD Syndrome: "Help, I'm Stuck in Quicksand and Can't Get Out!"
The Eleven Steps: A Review
Bibliography

 


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