Who We Are and Why Our Research Matters
The Dissertation Writing Network is an educational firm founded by university professors and administrators who have recruited, taught, supervised, coached, and managed doctoral dissertations for many years. It combined this experience with a team of curriculum experts, video animators, infographics specialists, and consultants to create a novel learner-focused, teaching and learning curriculum that doctoral students in all disciplines can use to write a dissertation and graduate.
Advancing Doctoral Education Through Research and Innovation
The Dissertation Writing Network is dedicated to advancing understanding of doctoral education by conducting comprehensive research on programs across a wide range of institutions. Our goal is to gain insights into the various structures, curricula, and support mechanisms that underpin successful doctoral programs. By gathering and analyzing this information, we aim to identify best practices and common challenges, ultimately developing targeted resources and strategies to support doctoral students throughout their academic journey better. Through this work, we aim to contribute to the ongoing improvement and innovation in doctoral education, empowering both students and institutions to achieve their goals.
The Dissertation Writing Network’s research aims to make a meaningful impact on doctoral education by addressing key challenges faced by students and institutions. Our work seeks to reduce doctoral student dropout rates, streamline dissertation and thesis management processes, and lighten faculty workload. Additionally, we aim to increase graduation rates and support institutional success, including revenue growth. By identifying best practices and developing targeted resources, we are committed to creating lasting improvements that empower students to complete their degrees and help institutions foster a more efficient and effective doctoral ecosystem.
Our Mission
We recognize that a doctoral dissertation is one of the most unique and challenging projects in all academia. As such, we value the students’ right to successfully write their doctoral dissertations and earn the doctorate within a short period! In support, we use our time-tested dissertation writing strategies, following very strict ethical standards.
Driving Innovation and Impact in Doctoral Education
The Dissertation Writing Network (DWN) is a higher education organization committed to advancing doctoral education through innovative training programs and in-depth research. We offer a trend-setting, comprehensive higher education training program featuring on-demand, immersive, and cohort-based learning designed to enhance doctoral dissertation writing performance.
Our work aims to reduce dropout rates, streamline dissertation management, and lighten faculty workload. By identifying best practices and addressing common challenges through ongoing research, we strive to enhance graduation rates and bolster institutional success and revenue.
Our research-driven approach enables universities to develop effective strategies, support student achievement, and foster sustainable, innovative doctoral programs—creating a lasting impact for students, faculty, and institutions alike.
We simplify the dissertation process through research-informed strategies to enhance student success, reduce time to graduation, and help institutions achieve their retention and graduation goals with confidence.
Facts on Completion Rates of a Doctorate
Did you know that most doctoral students do not finish their programs, and the biggest obstacle is writing a doctoral dissertation?
Furthermore, many who finish will take a very long time, sometimes up to ten years. Many doctoral students sadly walk away instead of writing the dissertation. And here are the facts on the attrition and completion rates for the doctorate!
- Most experts agree that the dissertation is the biggest obstacle to earning that doctoral degree.
- About 50% of the US students who start a doctoral program never finish.
- Dissertation writing is one of the most challenging activities any individual may ever face in his or her lifetime.
- Even the most talented doctoral students are often under-prepared for the challenges of writing their dissertations.
- For most doctoral students, completing the academic coursework is easy; the dissertation is not!
- Although they have the academic ability to succeed, of those who graduate, less than 25% of doctoral students finish the doctorate in 5 years; 45% finish in 7.
- Overall, attrition in U.S. doctoral degree programs is more than 50%.
- Attrition is highest in the humanities, with only 12% complete within five years.
- Within 10 years, the completion rate for engineering is 64%, life sciences (63%), social sciences (56%), math and physical sciences (55%), and humanities, (49%).
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