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a long piece of writing about a particular subject that is done to earn an advanced degree at a university
He wrote his dissertation on an obscure 16th-century poet.
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In January, Ackman had helped push Harvard president Claudine Gay out of her job amid accusations of plagiarism, charges that boomeranged on Oxman, who had to apologize for citation errors in her own Ph.D. dissertation.
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Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
We’re then transported to the monochrome widescreen of the early ’60s, when brainy, awkward PhD hopeful Johannes (looking much less splotchy) is working on his dissertation, traveling by train with his grumpy mentor Dr. Julius Strathen (Hanns Zischler) to a conference at a ski lodge.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Working on his doctoral dissertation at Georgia Tech, Dr. Michael Lorence did a case study analysis of six organizations that used Topgrading and concluded that the CEOs and HR heads fully endorse the method.
—Brad Smart and Chris Mursau, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
The question distinguishes the essay from the less adventurous forms of expository prose—the dissertation, the polemic, the article, the campaign speech, the tract, the op-ed, the arrest warrant, the hotel bill.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Aug. 2024
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Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
We’re then transported to the monochrome widescreen of the early ’60s, when brainy, awkward PhD hopeful Johannes (looking much less splotchy) is working on his dissertation, traveling by train with his grumpy mentor Dr. Julius Strathen (Hanns Zischler) to a conference at a ski lodge.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Working on his doctoral dissertation at Georgia Tech, Dr. Michael Lorence did a case study analysis of six organizations that used Topgrading and concluded that the CEOs and HR heads fully endorse the method.
—Brad Smart and Chris Mursau, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
The question distinguishes the essay from the less adventurous forms of expository prose—the dissertation, the polemic, the article, the campaign speech, the tract, the op-ed, the arrest warrant, the hotel bill.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Aug. 2024
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