Committee
A doctoral (Ed.D.) dissertation committee
consists of a minimum of three individuals, at least two of whom are
Rutgers faculty members. Any full-time faculty or staff member at
Rutgers with an earned doctorate and appropriate expertise is eligible
to serve as a committee member if recommended by the chairperson of a
dissertation committee. A person with appropriate expertise outside
Rutgers may become a member of a specific dissertation committee if
recommended in writing by a committee chairperson and approved by the
department chairperson. A vita for an outside committee member must be
provided.
It is the student`s responsibility to form a
committee that is approved by the dissertation chair. Each dissertation
committee is composed so that the following conditions are satisfied:
1. The chairperson should be a current member of the Graduate School of Education faculty.
2. At least one member of the committee should be affiliated with
the program for which the student is fulfilling the Ed.D. requirements.
3. At least one member of the committee should be from outside the student's department.
The student must accept responsibility for developing an acceptable
dissertation proposal in consultation with his or her committee. When
the proposal is ready for committee consideration and action, the
dissertation committee is formed by the student in consultation with
the student`s adviser. An open defense is required before the proposal
can be given final approval and assigned.
An announcement of
the proposal defense, including 60 copies of a one-page abstract, is to
be submitted to the Office of Academic Services two weeks prior to the
defense date. After the proposal has been successfully defended, two
copies of the approved proposal, signed by each committee member, are
required to be filed in the Office of Academic Services. Subsequent
changes in the composition of a doctoral committee require concurrence
among the chairperson of the committee, the department chairperson, and
the faculty members involved.
Preparation
Certain requirements must be adhered to during the preparation of
dissertations. Specific regulations, such as those pertaining to
format, paper, and style, must be followed in order to ensure that the
dissertation can be accepted by the school for submission to the
candidate`s doctoral committee and to the university library for
filing. The final date for submission of the dissertation and abstract
is posted on the GSE web site http://www.gse.rutgers.edu.
A
copy of the final defense draft should be available to the committee at
least one month prior to the defense date. Upon completion of the oral
defense, the student is required to submit one copy of the dissertation
and abstract on 100 percent cotton-content paper and one copy on 25
percent (or greater) cotton-content paper to the Office of
Academic Services. Additional materials required for final submission
include four copies of the abstract, three copies of the signed title
page, the receipted payment form, microfilming agreement forms, and
survey forms. All of the above forms must be submitted to the Office of
Academic Services no later than the announced deadlines for completion
of degree requirements.
Oral Examination
The oral
examination committee consists of the members of the student`s
dissertation committee, chaired by the chairperson of the committee,
and conducted to provide a thorough and systematic examination of the
candidate on the content of the dissertation. Approval of a
dissertation requires a unanimous vote of the committee. The
chairperson of the committee reports the result of the examination to
the Office of Academic Services. All members of the university
community are invited to be present during the oral examination.
Oral examinations are not held during the months of July and August. In
exceptional cases, with the unanimous consent of the members of the
dissertation committee and the concurrence of the department
chairperson, arrangements may be made to hold an examination during
these months.
Publication
After a candidate
has been awarded the doctorate, the Graduate School of Education
requires that the dissertation be microfilmed. Therefore, the
dissertation must be prepared with the same care as if it were to
appear in printed form. The abstract, which is to accompany the
dissertation and which must not exceed 350 words, will be published in
Dissertation Abstracts. It also should be submitted ready for
publication. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Michigan, will microfilm
the dissertation and publish the abstract. Publication by microfilm
does not preclude publication by other methods.