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Jumping through hoops
more adept at participating in academic dialog; students become
researchers. Students learn about themselves as learners and writers in the
process of writing a dissertation. Some prefer isolation, others seek
collaboration.
• Doctoral students find themselves d ependent on others . They cannot
control what is happening. There is little explicit information to prepare
them for the experience, explaining their frequent complaint: “No one ever
told me!” There are unstated rules, and rules which change unpredictably.
Without explicit information and direction, doctoral students feel
vulnerable and discouraged.
• There may be gate-keeping going on in the process of working towards an
accepted dissertation. The dissertation committee plays the role of gate-
keepers. The criteria for approval of a student’s dissertation are neither
explicit nor predictable. One individual faculty member may delay a
student’s progress. Conflicts with individual faculty may return to haunt
the doctoral student at a later time. Doctoral students frequently try to
become mind readers, trying to figure out what the committee members
want. When minds change, the student usually decides to accommodate
those changes in order to expedite the process.
• The doctoral process is an intensely emotional experience: some people seem



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