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American Journal of Distance Education Volume 31, 2017 - Issue 2
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Mentoring and Student Support in Online Doctoral Programs

Swapna KumarUniversity of FloridaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Catherine CoeUniversity of Florida
Pages 128-142 | Published online: 28 Mar 2017
 
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ABSTRACT

The increase in online graduate programs and the online mentoring of student research have led to the need to identify challenges faced by online mentees and successful strategies used by online mentors during the dissertation process. Based on semistructured interviews with ten graduates, strategies for online mentoring and areas of support valued by online doctoral students during the dissertation process are presented in this article.

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