May 2003| Vol. 1 No. 1

COVER PACKAGE: Students eye the finish line

Avoid these pitfalls that can delay your degree
Eyeing the finish line
Former and current students offer tips on how to steadily complete your doctoral work and get out the door on schedule.
The fast track: Arizona doctoral student trims a five-year program to three and a half
Turn ABD into a done degree
Recent doctorates and dissertation experts share strategies for finishing the dissertation.

On internship, you direct the quality of your mentoring more than you may realize.

With funding support from a federal program, a psychologist finds professional fulfillment helping migrant farmers.

Teaching assistants: Prepare this summer for smoother sailing in class this fall.

Internet-based research poses new possibilities—and practical and ethical challenges—for graduate students.

Initiative and fresh ideas on multiple sclerosis earned a recent graduate the research career she sought.

Savage reviews can be devastating for graduate students. What lies at their root?

A professional journal jumped on this doctoral student's research.

Psychology interns and early-career psychologists are often uncomfortable discussing their fees with patients. But there are ways to surmount this.

Tap these student stipends from APA, APAGS and APF.