Self-monitoring is a significant part of being a professional. Professional spirit is maintained to the extent that self-monitoring aims at an occupation ‘s central point. Relating stories of practice is one way of maintaining a collective consciousness within the group about what the point of the group’s activity is and forms a basis for self-monitoring.

This article discusses the primary qualities of a doctoral dissertation proposal and how those qualities relate to the qualities of a dissertation and to the nature of a research university. Typical parts of a proposal are discussed—problem, significance, literature review, theoretical perspective, questions, methods, and ethics—and reasons are given for the role that each part plays in the development of a dissertation. Emphasis is placed on the nature of argument and on the integrity of the proposal as a whole. Examples, including notes on writing, are drawn from several qualitative proposals.

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