Chronicle: U. of Texas Says It May Require Digital Dissertations

by Wendy Liebowitz
4 January 2000

Excerpt:

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

A growing number of university 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, is considering following suit.

In the spring, the university will begin ironing out wrinkles in its digital-dissertation policy."