Advisers who have a number of tardy thesis students in their care, in the meantime might have taken on additional advisees. They may be too busy either with other thesis students or with teaching additional classes to follow up students who have delayed completion of their thesis. As Schlosser and Gelso (2001) have suggested, the Program Director could follow up with these students and either encouraged them to complete their thesis or change.to Plan A (non thesis option) to finish and graduate within the five year limit. In the author's view, this approach can be quite successful