A report by the Council of Graduate Schools highlights "promising practices" that might reduce attrition rates and average time-to-degree for doctoral students. Among others, the report praises a "dissertation boot camp" at Marquette University and a similar effort at UMBC.
The article, "Help to the Finish Line: Ways to Reduce the Number of Ph.D. Dropouts," ran Wednesday, March 31, in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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