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2018 CGS Annual Meeting
Meeting Dates and Location
December 5-8, 2018
Omni Shoreham Hotel
Washington, DC
With nearly 700 meeting registrants, this year's annual meeting was our most successful yet! Annual meeting participants explored varied and important issues in graduate education. Participants—graduate deans; associate and assistant deans; faculty and staff from colleges/universities; association, federal and state agency, and other education-related administrators; graduate students, and others interested in graduate education—enjoyed a unique forum where they met leaders in their field and exchanged ideas and information.
Selected PowerPoint presentations from the 2018 CGS 58th Annual Meeting are below. Presentations are in chronological order by each category. Presentations are offered as Adobe Acrobat PDF files.
Pre-Meeting Workshop Presentations
Legal Issues
Traevena Byrd and Peter McDonough
Master's Level Enrollment Management
Janet Delany, Andrea Golato, and Olivia Nash
Basics of Data Visualization and Analysis
Andrew Campbell, Laura Carlson, Marij Gajdardziska-Josfiovska, and Robin Garrell
Supporting First-Generation and Underrepresented Students
Karin Elliot, David H. Jackson, and Cari Moorehead
PhD Professional Development for Diverse Careers
Peter Harries, Lisa Tedesco, and Paula M. Wood-Adam
Individual Development Plans: Roadmaps for Student Success
Suzanne E. Barbour, Jean-Pierre Delplanque, and Pushpalatha Murthy
Mission-Driven Admissions: A Holistic Perspective
Stanley Dunn, Carol Genetti, and Ambika Mathur
Master's Education in a Changing International Landscape
Josephine Nalbantoglu, Mark J.T. Smith, and Jerry B. Weinberg
Supporting Innovation in Dissertations and Theses
Karen DePauw, William J. Karpus, and Susan Porter
Using Student and Alumni Success to Tell Your School's Story
Michael McGrade, Lori McMahon, Brandy Randall, and Tammi Vacha-Hasse
Promoting Graduate Student Mental Health
Frances Leslie, Nance Roy, and Lisa Young
Review of Graduate Programs: Master's and Doctoral
Benjamin Caldwell, Barbara Krauthamer, and Paula D. McCalin
Concurrent Sessions Presentations
Using Data to Support the Lifecycle of Graduate Student Success
Sponsored by Liaison International
Larry Boles, Julie Masterson, and Robert Ruiz
Understanding the Master's Admissions Landscape
Robert Augustine, James Marshall, and Sheryl Tucker
Defining and Implementing Graduate Learning Outcomes
Ann R. Hawkins, Alan Leshner, and Mark J.T. Smith
Professional Development for International Students
Jennifer Bonds Raacke, Jerome Kukor, and Janet Rutledge
Great Expectations: Understanding Humanities PhD Career Pathways
Maureen McCarthy, Graham Hammill and Mary Farmer Kaiser
Leadership Progression: Pathways into the Deanship
William R. Graves, Scott Herness, and Sarah C. Larsen
Recruiting and Supporting Indigenous Students
Linda Mason, Fahim Quadir, and Janet Sturman
Fahim Quadir
How Machine Learning Will Change Graduate Admissions
Sponsored by Kira Talent
Lisa Armistead, Emilie Cushman, and Jerry Weinberg
Navigating the Sea of Surveys
Barbara Knuth and Phillip Trella
Promoting Graduate Student Health and Wellness
Elizabeth Klonoff, Kim LaScola Needy, and Susan Porter
Preparing Future Faculty to Assess Student Learning
Thomas Jeitschko, James Wimbush, and Marjorie Zatz
Partnerships with Regional Stakeholders
Jasbir Dhaliwal, Scott Lanyon, and Aimée Surprenant
Lightning Round Sessions Presentations
Showcasing Your Graduate School
Sponsored by bepress
Pam Vitu
Is Online Professional Development the Next Wave for Graduate Education?: Research Results from a Four Year Study
Sponsored by DoctoralNet LTD
E. Alana James
Attract More International Students by Speaking Their Language!
Sponsored by Prodigy Finance
Joel Frisch
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