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Supporting Graduate Students Toward Successful Program Completion Using a Dynamic Structured Approach
Description
It is common for graduate programs to be plagued by delays in on-time student completion or to experience student attrition. Students have experienced such delays in a local program at the University where I am employed as a lecturer. Therefore, this dissertation was undertaken with the aim of supporting university students at the graduate level toward successful on-time completion of their programs. This action research study was multi-phased in its approach; with data collection, and reflection driving the process for intervention delivery and subsequent evaluation. A dynamic approach which included some components of greater structure than was previously seen in the program, was designed for implementation. It was envisaged that this approach would serve as a model of support for students. The following chapters written in article format details the cycles of action research undertaken as part of this dissertation. The first article tells a story written for a wider audience. While the second article presents a more direct look at the implementation of the dynamic structured approach, and lessons learned through the experiential stories of the students. The dynamic structured approach is a framework which was created from a synergetic review of studies on the issues of attrition and delayed completion in graduate programs. The approach was therefore discussed in hopes that it can be used as a model in other graduate programs to ensure that students are supported in a holistic manner. Further, recommendations were made to bolster the approach based on the lessons learned from its initial implementation as well as through the reflections of the researcher-practitioner. The approach has built-in flexibility and is open to refinement and modification to suit the needs of varying institutions for future use.
Date Created
2022
Contributors
- Lord, Kara Tamara (Author)
- Basile, Carole (Thesis advisor)
- Buss, Ray (Committee member)
- Smith, Stephanie (Committee member)
- Bissessar, Charmaine (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Extent
161 pages
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.171521
Level of coding
minimal
Cataloging Standards
Note
Partial requirement for: Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2022
Field of study: Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
System Created
- 2022-12-20 12:33:10
System Modified
- 2022-12-20 12:52:47
- 1 year 10 months ago
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