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.

CGS’ data on graduate student loan debt was cited in the article, “Federal-Loan Changes May Curb Graduate Study” that was published in the Chronicle of Higher Education. (Subscription required)

The article, “Dwindling numbers, tough challenges,” published in China Daily USA cited CGS’ data on the growth in the numbers of Chinese students seeking admission to higher education institutions in the United States.

This article examines the impact of cuts to the Ronald E. McNair program’s funding on the numbers of ethnic minorities who earn doctoral degrees. The Council of Graduate Schools/Council for Opportunity in Education’s Joint McNair Committee’s data were cited.

Data from CGS’ Graduate Enrollment and Degrees: 2000 to 2010 was cited in “Helpful Tips on Managing College Finances from Cedar Ed Lending.” The piece notes that, “over 50% of students pursue education or business related degrees.”

The Washington Examiner Education section included a Data Sources article by Nathan Bell, CGS Director of Research and Policy Analysis, on “International Comparisons of Educational Attainment.”

The CGS-ETS Pathways Through Graduate School and Into Careers report has garnered press attention. An article in Inside Higher Ed quotes commission chair Patrick Osmer, Vice Provost, Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate School at The Ohio State University as well as commission member Ron Townsend, Executive Vice President for Global Laboratory Operations at Battelle Memorial Institute. The Chronicle of Higher Education also covered the report and includes quotes from Dr. Osmer as well as commission member James Wimbush, Dean, University Graduate School at Indiana University. Diverse Issues in Higher Education featured an article about the April 19th Legislative Forum on Pathways Through Graduate School and Into Careers which quotes several speakers, including Freeman Hrabowski, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Dwight Hutchins, Global Managing Director of Accenture, Kurt Landgraf, CEO of ETS, and Dr. Osmer. Additionally, EdWeek’s College Bound blog included a post about the report.

Additional coverage the week of April 23 included an article in ScienceInsider which quoted Debra Stewart, CGS President, and Patrick Osmer, Pathways Commission Chair and Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate School at The Ohio State University. Additional coverage appeared in Science Careers, University World News, and U.S. News & World Report’s University Directory.

More recently, an opinion piece by CGS President, Debra Stewart, and ETS President & CEO, Kurt Landgraf was published by the Huffington Post on Thursday. Additionally, the report was featured in a Nature News Brief, and online articles at Onlinemba.com and the Society for Human Resources Management. Also, the university websites for two commission members, Jeff Gibeling, dean of Graduate Studies at the University of California, Davis, and James Wimbush, dean of the University Graduate School at Indiana University, also posted information about the Pathways initiative.

The Washington Examiner’s monthly Education section included a Data Sources article by Nathan Bell, CGS Director of Research and Policy Analysis on employment projections for those with graduate degrees.

The announcement that CGS had received funding from the Sloan and Teagle Foundations to launch a new Preparing Future Faculty program focused on Undergraduate Learning Assessment was noted in the Chronicle.

On April 3, CGS released Findings from the 2012 CGS International Graduate Admissions Survey, Phase I: Applications which has received coverage by the Wall Street Journal, Inside Higher Ed, the Chronicle, the Financial Times, Voice of America, The China Daily, and the Charleston Daily Mail.  Inside Higher Ed also did a follow up story focused on Chinese applications to education programs.