ABSTRACT
The criteria for approval the committee uses should be made explicit. The TID evaluation form (Fig. 5-1) was designed to help achieve that purpose. It is useful both at this point as a last-minute check before the final defense and earlier in the TID process as the draft version is being written. It seems essential to us that all criteria that have significant weight be stated on the TID evaluation form. The committee owes that to the candidate, to the institution, and to themselves.
