Advice for dissertation writers and the advisors thereof...

Interesting post in today's Chronicle (Nov. 1, 2010) directed primarily to faculty advising students working on dissertations. The suggestions however are useful as well for those actually writing the dissertation, so I encourage both groups to have a look. Here are the major areas addressed:

• Create a collaborative environment.
• What is your student really interested in?
• Steer them away from the beginning.
• Perfect is the enemy of done.
• A time to read, a time to type.