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Peer reviewedOlson, Gary A.; Drew, Julie – College English, 1998
Contends that the academy has forgotten the origin of the dissertation and has turned it from a substantive contribution of scholarship to an instrument of evaluation. Argues that continuing to treat the dissertation in this way maintains an unequal power hierarchy of "masters" and initiates--it should be seen as the first serious scholarly…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, English Departments, Graduate Students, Higher Education
