Advisee Management Tip: Ask for a Memo
McKinney, Mary. Advisee Management Tip: Ask for a Memo. Tomorrow's Professor Mailing List, October 6, 2006.
This article serves as an important reminder that while it is easy for students to forget that their faculty advisor mentors many students at one time, and that the dissertation, while first and foremost in the student's mind, may not be the only thing on the faculty advisor's mind. Suggestions for helping to make the advising process more effective include: attaching a memo with each submission of the dissertation which includes bullets of any additions or modifications to the document since the last submission, providing a brief explanation of the changes to the dissertation that are in response to the advisor's prior suggestions, and highlighting any text that the student particularly would like the advisor to review. These tips will be useful both for my dissertation and for comps.
This article serves as an important reminder that while it is easy for students to forget that their faculty advisor mentors many students at one time, and that the dissertation, while first and foremost in the student's mind, may not be the only thing on the faculty advisor's mind. Suggestions for helping to make the advising process more effective include: attaching a memo with each submission of the dissertation which includes bullets of any additions or modifications to the document since the last submission, providing a brief explanation of the changes to the dissertation that are in response to the advisor's prior suggestions, and highlighting any text that the student particularly would like the advisor to review. These tips will be useful both for my dissertation and for comps.
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