The malaise of academic scholarship : why it starts with the doctoral dissertation as a baptism of fire /
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Lanham :
Rowman and Littlefield,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Preface ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part 1: The Big Picture of Scholarly Research ; Chapter 1: Who is Affected by the Misdirection of Academic Scholarship? How are Harvard, Fordham, Southern New Hampshire,
- And the University of Phoenix doing we might ask? ; Chapter 2: What are contingent faculty? Do they have anything to do with scholarly research? ; Chapter 3: What is scholarly research anyway?” Professors do it but what are they doing? ; Chapter 4: When does Scholarly Research Achieve its Highest Satisfaction? Do I really want to keep on doing this stuff? ; Chapter 5: Is scholarly research an affliction weakening the academy? Perhaps an as-of-yet unclassified disease? ; Chapter 6: Why are dissertations the tipping point for scholarly research? Is this really where it all starts? ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part 2: Reforming the Doctoral Dissertation ; Chapter 7: Do you have the smarts to do scholarly research? Are weaklings allowed in this club?
- Chapter 8: Why is a dissertation the starting point of academic scholarship? Do you need to know a about validity, reliability, and that other stuff? ; Chapter 9: Why are we fussing about data, information,
- And knowledge? Is it worth our time and trouble? ; Chapter 10: Where can you find hints and tips for writing a dissertation? Don’t you want to do it right the first time? ; Chapter 11: Do scholarly researchers have their own language? Where is a translator when we need one? ; Chapter 12: Does a quantitative or qualitative dissertation make more sense? Do you want to know the answer now or after you attempt it? ; Chapter 13: How does sampling produce valid findings? Does anybody believe what we just learned? ; Chapter 14: Why are limitations as important as findings? Do we need to explain that which we didn’t learn? ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part 3: Candidates Only
- Practical Tips for Writing Dissertations ; Chapter 15: Why is a dissertation like flying a fighter jet? Is it enough to take off or do want to be sure you can land? ; Chapter 16: What is the dilemma of the dissertation topic? Why is it so important to resolve it? ; Chapter 17: How can an Advisor Help Create a Workable Proposal? Do we have any tips or tricks to share with the candidates? ; Chapter 18: We know corruption is bad but Is it a suitable topic for a doctoral dissertation? How should we decide? ; Chapter 19: Have you Heard any Good Dissertation Stories Lately? Would you like One to Finish this Journey? ; Chapter 20: How should you Structure a Dissertation? Is it Important to know where you are going?