Comprehensive Exams Editing
The Comprehensive Exams are “high stakes” writing, and you want to do your best to submit a polished manuscript of your responses. You want your knowledge to shine and do not want stray errors to [...]
Deconstructing the Dissertation
Parts of the Dissertation: Deconstructing the Chapters You’ve already written a proposal, so you probably have an idea that each chapter has a distinct purpose. However, don’t be fooled into thinking the literature review [...]
Preparing for the Comprehensive Exam
Many master’s and doctoral programs require a comprehensive exam at the end of coursework. Taking, or writing, your “comps” can be a daunting enterprise because as its name implies the range of questions/topics is both [...]
Letter from Chancellor Groves
June 1, 2020 Dear AU Community, Noose or knee, lynching or suffocation, the result is still death at the hands of the very law enforcement institutions meant to serve and protect. We have all seen [...]
Marianne V. Kramer, PhD
Please join The Writers’ Exchange in congratulating Dr. Marianne V. Kramer in the successful completion of her dissertation: The Impact of Career Experiences on Generativity and Postretirement Choices for Intelligence Community Baby Boomers Dr. [...]
Etta D. Jackson, PhD
Please join The Writers’ Exchange in congratulating Dr. Etta Delores Jackson in the successful completion of her dissertation: The Role of Geospatial Information and Effective Partnerships in the Implementation of the International Agenda for [...]
Michael Bills, PhD
Please join The Writers’ Exchange in congratulating Dr. Mike Bills in the successful completion of his dissertation: Turning Around Small, Private, Tuition Dependent Colleges: How Boards of Trustees Impact Decline and Turnaround Dr. [...]
Bloom’s Taxonomy & Writing
Led by Benjamin Bloom (1956), educational psychologists at the University of Chicago created this taxonomy for categorizing learning commonly occurring in educational settings. Their work was greatly influential in distinguishing three domains of intelligence (cognitive, [...]
Résumé and CV Support
You're ready for the job market, and you want to put your best foot forward in ensuring your materials make it to the top. The résumé and CV (Curriculum Vitae) have a distinct purpose [...]
Achieving a Scholarly Voice
Completing assignments and writing papers requires much of a writer as writing is more than just filing in blanks of information. Writing, real writing, in which we wrestle with ideas and come to conclusions is [...]
In Times of Social Distancing: Freewrite!
Freewriting is creating an intentional space for unstructured. This writing is uncensored and has no other purpose than to allow creative, free associative thinking. It’s important that it’s done on paper, to allow the mind-body [...]
The Art of Effective Presentations
A final presentation has become a regular feature of most academic programs as it offers another modality for a student to present their learning. A “public talk” is a great way to stimulate awareness about [...]