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Re: Correcting a dissertation?
Oh, I don't know. As a recent BA graduate who wrote a thesis which was
selected for our library collection (everyone who graduates has to write one
and not all are accepted, only 2 per dept.) I can think of a few things I'd
like to go back and fix/adjust for the permanent copy. So long as they are
minor fixes (grammar, format, etc.) and not significant changes to the
argument I don't see a real problem. Now if he want's to make major changes
to the diss. (organization, argument, support material, etc.) that is
something different entirely.
OTOH, I can see validity in your argument as well. What was accepted must
have been good enough so why change it. It's not (necessarily) meant to be
the work of a long established professional scholar (of course we all *want*
it to be, but alas...) so why should he need to fix his?
Just my thoughts on the matter,
Tom (the fence-rider) Anderson
American Museum of Science and Energy
tanderson@amse.org
-----Original Message-----
From: STEVEN P. FISHER <sfisher@DU.EDU>
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 10:28 AM
Subject: [ARCHIVES] Correcting a dissertation?
A student who earned his PhD here recently went back and corrected
"errors" in his dissertation and wants to replace the copy deposited in
our library with a new one. The graduate office is ok with this. Perhaps I
am just feeling grumpy this morning, but it seems to me that the copy
originally submitted, and for which he was granted the degree, should
stand as the library copy. If I am just being an old grump I will admit
the error of my ways, take the new one, give him back the original copy,
and move on.
Comments? This is a new one on me ....
Steve Fisher
University of Denver
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