U. of Texas at Austin May Require Digital Dissertations

One more new subject for Ph.D. candidates to master: digital technology.

A growing number of graduate programs are requiring students to submit their dissertations electronically. Now the University of Texas at Austin, which annually awards more Ph.D.'s than any other university in the country, may follow suit.

In the spring, the university will begin ironing out wrinkles in its digital-dissertation policy. As early as May 2001, the university could

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