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Member Engagement
Member Engagement
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CGS membership provides opportunities to engage with an active community of institutions and organizations that support graduate education. We invite you to explore our categories of membership and their distinct benefits, which include data analysis and best practice expertise, discounts on meetings and publications, and opportunities to exchange information and resources with fellow members.
Making research integrity an essential part of graduate education
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Inside Higher Ed covers the Council's Project for Scholarly Integrity, highlighting ways to make student-faculty discussions about research ethics more frequent and open.
Schools pitch new degrees at job-focused students
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Hybrid degrees help students and academic programs set themselves apart, according to the Council of Graduate Schools.
The second degree
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
CGS deans shed light on the importance of graduate school for career mobility, professional development, higher earning potential, and networking opportunities.
Three critical graduate school considerations for international students
Friday, July 20, 2012
The article includes CGS’ data on international graduate students’ enrollments in U.S. higher education institutions.
A mismatch in goals
Thursday, July 19, 2012
CGS’ Preparing Future Faculty program is cited as a program supporting graduate student skills development in an article on declining student interest in tenure-track jobs.
How does South Korea outpace the U.S. in engineering degrees?
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
CGS President Debra Stewart provided a perspective on increasing competition to attract talented international students to U.S. universities.
Colleges are wary of global economy's impact on foreign enrollments
Monday, July 16, 2012
Debra W. Stewart commented on international graduate enrollments in an article focusing on enrollment trends.
The advisor and the committee
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Daniel Denecke, CGS Associate Vice-President, Programs and Best Practices, commented on the adviser-committee relationship.
Putting Forth the PhD Value Proposition
Thursday, July 12, 2012
CGS President Debra Stewart underscores some of the actions that are being undertaken by graduate schools to make doctoral degrees in the humanities more marketable.
2012 CGS New Deans Institute and Summer Workshop
Selected PowerPoint presentations from the 2012 New Deans Institute and Summer Workshop are below. Presentations are offered as Adobe Acrobat PDF files. File size is indicated after the name of each presenter.
New Deans Institute Presentations
Session II: Governance and Organization
Robert Augustine (633 KB)
Lisa Tedesco (52 KB)
Session IVA: Political Engagement
Maureen Grasso (1.75 MB)
John Keller (216 KB)
Patricia McAllister (184 KB)
Steven Matson (566 KB)
Session IVB: Graduate Admissions and Financing
George Justice (385 KB)
Carol Shanklin (91 KB)
Session V: Program Quality Assessment
Duane Larick (913 KB)
Patrick Osmer (337 KB)
Summer Workshop Presentations
Plenary I: Pathways Through Graduate School and Into Careers
Dwight Hutchins (918 KB)
Jean Morrison (216 KB)
ProQuest UMI Dissertations Publishing Breakfast Meeting
Marlene Coles (1.31 MB)
Advancing STEM Graduate Education: New Directions at NSF
Jessie DeAro, Richard Linton, Gisele Muller-Parker, and Melur Ramasubramanian (510 KB)
Plenary III: The Art and Science of Leading through Negotiations
Kathleen McGinn (633 KB)
Preparing Future Faculty to Assess Learning: Preparing a Successful Proposal
Daniel Denecke (584 KB)
John Girash and Rachael Lancor (2.73 MB)
GRE/TOEFL Breakfast Meeting
David Payne and Eileen Tyson (2.77 MB)
Ethics Education in International STEM Collaborations: Preparing a Successful Proposal
Daniel Denecke and Julia Kent (581 KB)
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CGS is the leading source of information, data analysis, and trends in graduate education. Our benchmarking data help member institutions to assess performance in key areas, make informed decisions, and develop plans that are suited to their goals.
CGS Best Practice initiatives address common challenges in graduate education by supporting institutional innovations and sharing effective practices with the graduate community. Our programs have provided millions of dollars of support for improvement and innovation projects at member institutions.
As the national voice for graduate education, CGS serves as a resource on issues regarding graduate education, research, and scholarship. CGS collaborates with other national stakeholders to advance the graduate education community in the policy and advocacy arenas.
CGS is an authority on global trends in graduate education and a leader in the international graduate community. Our resources and meetings on global issues help members internationalize their campuses, develop sustainable collaborations, and prepare their students for a global future.
