July 16, 2004

A Week at Camp Dissertation

By SCOTT SMALLWOOD

Stragglers and procrastinators find focus at a scholar's retreat in Colorado

Shane Moreman seems destined to be a graduate-school success story. He entered a Ph.D. program because he decided ideas were sexy. And he has just finished his first year on the faculty at California State University at Fresno, where he teaches in the communication department.

There's one little problem, though. He still hasn't finished his degree. His dissertation has languished as he has lost interest

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