What makes a good introduction for a dissertation? Graduate students practice critiquing one another’s thesis chapters, but they rarely read the introductions — usually because those are written to ...

There’s not much good to find in a destructive pandemic, but here’s one potentially positive outcome: Covid-19 may bring graduate schools to a long-needed reckoning with the dissertation requirement.

From choosing a topic and conducting research to crafting a strong argument, writing a thesis paper can be a rewarding experience. It can also be a challenging experience. If you've never written a ...