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Nontraditional‐Aged Women and the Dissertation: A Case Study Approach
Author(s) -
Lenz Kathryn S.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
new directions for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0741
pISSN - 0271-0560
DOI - 10.1002/he.9906
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , higher education , perfectionism (psychology) , psychology , pedagogy , social psychology , medical education , political science , medicine , communication , law
Interviews with women graduates and ABDs in science and education show how difficulty in selecting dissertation topics and perfectionism may affect noncompletion of the dissertation, even if support networks encourage completion.