Academic Rigor or Academic Rigor Mortis? Supervising Dissertations Is Serious Business

Robin Redmon Wright

doi:10.1177/1045159515593896

Academic Rigor or Academic Rigor Mortis? Supervising Dissertations Is Serious Business

Robin Redmon Wright

School of Behavioral Sciences & Education (Harrisburg)

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This reflection considers the importance of and responsibility to graduate research supervision through an examination of a published dissertation that has had significant influence on the country’s current immigration debate. The author exhorts both graduate students and adult education faculty to insist on clearly stated theoretical and philosophical underpinnings, rigorous methodology, careful analysis, and a holistic approach in dissertation research.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	35-37
Number of pages	3
Journal	Adult Learning
Volume	28
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1045159515593896
State	Published - Feb 2017

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