Prompt: In the article “Stage-Based Challenges and Strategies for Support in Doctoral Education: A Practical Guide for Students, Faculty Members, and Administrators,” Pifer and Baker identified three stages of doctoral education, explaining each one and suggesting strategies to overcome challenges that arise in each stage.
The excerpted reading below includes the explanations and strategies aimed at doctoral students in the first two stages of doctoral education: knowledge consumption and knowledge creation.
Read through these paragraphs from Pifer and Baker (2016), and then compose an essay in response to these questions:
• Based on the challenges and strategies discussed by Pifer and Baker (2016), what challenges do you anticipate you will face in your doctoral program?
• What strategies will you apply to work through these challenges in your doctoral journey?
