Membership Levels
There are two membership levels for the Dissertation Challenge: Sliver, Gold, and Platinum.
Gold Level - This is for those who need accountability and paragraph-by-paragraph guidance with writing your dissertation
- You get all the features and benefits of Gold Level membership
- You get access to over 220 step-by-step video tutorials on how to write your dissertation, paragraph-by-paragraph, and analyze your quantitative and qualitative data from start to finish.
- You also can ask questions inside the Virtual Work Cafe about your dissertation if you get stuck. For Platinum Members the Virtual Work Cafe doubles as office hours/help center
Cost: $97/month
Platinum Plus Level (limit 20) - This is for those needing accountability, paragraph-by-paragraph writing guidance, and 1-on-1 weekly coaching
- You get all the features and benefits of Gold and Platinum Levels membership
- You get weekly 1-on-1 Zoom calls to review your work and your progress.
- This level membership also includes up to 3 reviews of your paper per month, where we provide feedback on content, organization, and some light editing.
Cost: $225/month
Table 1: Features and Benefit Comparisons Between the Gold and Platinum Membership Levels

Weekly 1-on-1 Coaching
Once a week, we meet to review your progress and address any questions or challenges you may have with your dissertation chapters, topic, data analysis, surveys, or anything else.

Dissertation Review Service
We review your dissertation and provide content, clarity, and organization feedback. Although we may fix glaring APA errors, this is not an APA editing service.

Access to the Dissertation Writing Center
Step-by-step videos show you how to write your dissertation paragraph by paragraph. You get access to one chapter or module per month.

Quicker Dissertation Completion (Typically)
Platinum members typically finish writing a chapter in about 15 days and complete their dissertation about four months sooner than Basic members.