Doctoral education demands significant time, energy, financial, and emotional commitments. Depending on the characteristics of the doctoral student, barriers to completion and challenges with the doctoral process can require unique types of support. The purpose of this article is to examine perspectives expressed in the literature of varied disciplines regarding program and instructional support strategies that lead to doctoral student progress to degree completion. The article concludes with program and instructional support implications for adult educators.

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支持博士生完成学业的计划和教学策略

博士教育需要大量的时间、精力、经济和情感投入。根据博士生的特点，完成博士过程的障碍和挑战可能需要独特类型的支持。本文的目的是研究不同学科文献中表达的关于导致博士生进步到学位完成的计划和教学支持策略的观点。文章的结尾是对成人教育者的计划和教学支持意义。