Motivation is critical to a successful thesis or dissertation. Confluence makes it easy for students to develop and meet short and long-term goals, and collaborate with writing partners in similar situations through the various stages of research, writing, and defense.

Students can track all aspects of their thesis process, connect with advisers and committee members, and stay informed of requirements.

Confluence creates more effective student-adviser relationships by giving advisers tools to manage, track progress, and communicate with students. Confluence is flexible enough to accomidate individual needs, while staying connected with department and university policies. 

Committee formation and management is more convenient, as Confluence provides a central place to manage memberships, and share availability and requirements.

Confluence will include includes powerful reporting tools covering the university's overall graduate thesis and research outlook, making it easy to identify factors which influence success rates.