DSC Handbook_Draft

Our Philosophy
DSC staff members adhere to the following principles:
• Promote collaborative learning, in which both doctoral students
and the DSC staff members work together to maximize
understanding.
• Assist students with any writing projects related to academic and
professional goals, except those for which assistance is
prohibited by their program.
• Offer honest and practical encouragement and constructive
criticism.
• Use the resources of the center to supplement their consulting
sessions.
• Direct doctoral students to additional resources as needed.
• To the best of our ability, meet the specific needs the doctoral
student has made known.
DSC staff members will refrain from:
• Doing the work for a doctoral student or imposing ideas upon a
doctoral student.
• Proofreading and editing papers for mechanical and
grammatical errors without using track changes or providing a
written explanation or having a discussion with the doctoral
student.
• Predicting a doctoral student’s grade or the potential outcome of
a defense or publication submission, etc.
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