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Description
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Washington University's
Graduate School employs a policy of financially supporting
all doctoral students essentially to degree completion. By
linking the number of new admissions offers to the amount of
continuing student support required, the Graduate School of
Arts & Sciences has been able to support every
continuing student for six years or until the dissertation
is completed, and still not overspend its budget. This
policy has had a significant effect on doctoral students.
Student morale has risen sharply and time-to-degree has
declined to an average of five years (as of 1995), which is
well below the national average. The main reason for the
reduction in time-to-degree is that students no longer need
outside employment in order to support themselves and are
able to devote full time to their studies.
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