CGS Summer Workshop and New Deans Institute Final Program

Selected PowerPoint presentations from the 2014 CGS New Deans Institute and Summer Workshop are below. Presentations are in chronological order by each category. Presentations are offered as Adobe Acrobat PDF files. The file size is indicated after the name of each presenter.

New Deans Institute Presentations

Session II: Governance and Organization
Robert Augustine (1.81 MB)
Jeannine Blackwell (291 KB)

Session III: Budget and Staff Management Strategies
Barbara Knuth (272 KB)
Pamela Stacks (117 KB)
James Wimbush (271 KB)

Session IVA: Political Engagement
Steven Matson (275 KB)

Session IVB: Graduate Admissions and Financing
Edelma Huntley (806 KB)
Carol Shanklin (92 KB)

Session V: Program Quality Assessment
Mark J T Smith (782 KB)
Janet Weiss (1,005 KB)

Summer Workshop Presentations

ProQuest Breakfast Meeting
Austin McLean (1.41 MB)

Plenary II: The Future of Accreditation: Implications for Universities and Their Graduate Schools
Judith Eaton (954 KB)

ETS Breakfast Meeting
David Payne (941 KB)

Plenary III: Leading Campus Initiatives in Professional Development
Barbara Knuth (954 KB)
Frances Leslie (904 KB)
Allison Sekuler (3.62 MB)
Allison Sekuler's "Prezi" version

Writing a Winning ETS/CGS Award Proposal
Lunaire Ford (971 KB)
Jeffery Gibeling (214 KB)

Technical Workshop: Advocacy: Getting Beyond Awareness and Taking Action
Maureen Grasso (1.08 MB)
Maureen Grasso's Second Presentation (776 KB)
Julie Shroyer (668 KB)

CGS Awards Luncheon
On Thursday, December 3, the Annual CGS Awards Luncheon will honor the exemplary work of graduate students and graduate schools. Recipients of the Gustave Arlt Award, the CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertations Awards, and the CGS/ETS Award will be announced.

LaPidus Luncheon
On Friday, December 4, the annual LaPidus Luncheon will be held. Established to honor the late Jules LaPidus, the past-president of the Council of Graduate Schools, the intent of the Luncheon is to provide a perspective of graduate education from a creative and visionary thinker.

A short announcement about CGS's upcoming pilot study of the professional development needs of STEM graduate students, with support from a grant by the National Science Foundation.

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CGS developed fact sheets with state-specific data on the scope and impact of graduate education and research in your state. They are downloadable and can be used with policymakers and other stakeholders. Featured data include: enrollments and degrees conferred from CGS's annual Graduate Enrollment and Degrees Report; federal research funding for the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Institute for Food and Agriculture; projected workforce demands over the next decade; and CGS member institutions by Congressional district. 

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Contact:
Nate Thompson
nthompson@cgs.nche.edu
(202) 223-3791

Washington, D.C. — The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) today announced it has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the professional development needs of graduate students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. The award was made through the NSF Directorate of Education and Human Resources (program announcement NSF 13-555).   

Enhanced professional development of STEM graduate students has emerged in recent years as a high priority as evidenced by calls from students, employers, funding agencies, and graduate deans. The CGS pilot study will gather perspectives from stakeholders representing each of these groups to answer four key questions:

1. Beyond research skills, what other professional skills are particularly important for STEM graduates?
2. What STEM workforce skills needs are not currently being met by graduate programs?
3. How can resources and investments be most effectively mobilized to meet that demand through enhanced professional development?, and
4. What structures and learning environments are most effective in responding to the career tracks for PhD and master’s students?

The project will include a survey distributed to 500 CGS member institutions, interviews with industry leaders, a workshop convening a wide array of stakeholders, a publication of project results that includes a framework for future action, and an online searchable database of existing professional development programs for STEM graduate students.

CGS President Suzanne Ortega stated that "master's and PhD students play a vital role across all sectors of the nation's STEM workforce. This project is an important first step in helping universities answer the call for a more strategic approach to their professional development beyond the bench or lab. Ultimately, this project will help position universities to shape quality programs that provide our students with the essential skills they need to succeed in industry, government, and business, as well as academe.”

“This project will help improve our understanding of the professional skills most needed of today's graduate students,” said NSF Assistant Director Joan Ferrini-Mundy, who leads the Education and Human Resources directorate. “Through its large and diverse membership, CGS can leverage project findings to result in model programs and meaningful improvements to graduate education that, in turn, will benefit the national STEM workforce.”

The project will begin in summer 2014 and conclude in late 2015.   

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The issue of graduate student debt deserves serious attention from policymakers. It is especially important to understand how debt incurred for master’s and doctoral study differs from undergraduate debt or debt for professional degrees such as degrees in law and medicine. This resource page provides information and resources to help various stakeholders understand graduate student debt.

Fact Sheet on Graduate Student Debt

This one-page fact sheet summarizes recent data on graduate student borrowing and debt.

Resources for Deans (log-in required)

Recent CGS Statements and Responses

How to improve financial aid for graduate students

Letter to the editor, Washington Post, June 20, 2014

Letter to Chairman Harkin and Ranking Member Alexander

Response to the March 27, 2014 hearing, "Strengthening the Federal Student Loan Program for Borrowers," Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee

Letter to Senator Alexander

Response to June 8, 2014 statement by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee

Testimony submitted by CGS for June 24, 2014 hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance

Information on graduate student finances, tuition remissions and waivers, student loan interest deductibiilty, and the Lifetime Learning Credit. Submitted for the Senate Committee on Finances' hearing, "Less Student Debt from the Start: What Role should the Tax System Play?”