Can an individual faculty member refuse to review an electronic dissertation?
An individual faculty member can refuse to serve on a committee for whatever reason s/he believes is an adequate one. It is the student’s responsibility to communicate to his or her committee the structure of the dissertation. If an individual faculty member does not wish to review an electronic dissertation and cannot reasonably judge the dissertation in printed form, that faculty member probably should not be on the committee.
Related Questions
- How closely do the faculty members work with individual students? Does a doctoral student work with a faculty supervisor from the outset, or is one assigned later by the school?
- How does electronic publishing affect the review process for journals?
- What are the responsibilities of an individual faculty member?
