Notification of Readers (NOR) forms: Students must notify their department of their intent to submit their dissertation, and the NOR should be prepared by the indicated deadline. Dissertations cannot be processed unless the NOR has been prepared and approved by the DGS.

• If your department allows students to prepare their own NOR, they will have a link in the DPRS system and your department will be notified via email when the student submits their NOR for approval. Your department will also be notified via email if the student is in a combined program that prepared the NOR.

• To approve a pending NOR, click on the student's name to review the readers. If the form is correct, click "Approve" at the bottom of the page.
• If changes are needed, click "Edit" to update the form yourself or click "Return to Preparer" to request updates.
• Click on "List Notification of Readers" at the top of the page to return to the list or click on the back button.

• If the department admin prepares the NOR, it is done in the DPRS system. If the student is in a combined program and the other department admin prepared the NOR, you will receive an email notification.

• Click on the "Notification of Readers" link.
  • If you already have NORs created, you will go directly to the "Dissertation Reader Lists."
  • To approve a pending NOR, click on the student's name to review the readers. If the form is correct, click "Approve" at the bottom of the page.
  • If changes are needed, click "Edit" to update the form yourself or click "Return to Preparer" to request updates.
  • Click on "List Notification of Readers" at the top of the page to return to the list or click on the back button.
• Click "Prepare Notification of Readers" to enter a new NOR.

Reviewing and tracking dissertation submission

You can see the status of students' dissertations on the "Dissertation Reader Lists" in the DPRS system.

Dissertation Reader Lists:

• Student names appear once a NOR has been created.
• If the student is in a combined degree/department, the other department appears under the student's name.
• Click on the title of a column to sort by that particular column. For example, click "NOR Status" to identify pending NORs that need approval or click "Dissertation Submission Date" to sort by dissertations that have not yet been submitted.
• Once a dissertation is submitted, you can click on "View" to see the dissertation.
• Click on the student's name to view the NOR.
• Click on "List Notification of Readers" at the top of the page to return to the list or click on the back button.

Reader Report Summary

This report compiles the ratings from all the readers for each student. Click on the link directly below the submission term: "View the Reader Report Summary."

• Click the student's name to see the "Candidate Summary" of ratings from all readers for that student.
  • Click the reader's name to view the detailed reader report.
  • Below the chart, you can view each reader's detailed reasons for the evaluation.
  • Click the back button to return to the reader summary page.

For questions or more information, email dissertations@yale.edu.