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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.
Focus on Job Skills with a Professional Master's Degree
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Many prospective graduate students are calculating the return on their educational investment and choosing programs designed with internships and work experience in mind.
Ways Students Can Balance Family, Grad School Costs
Monday, March 11, 2013
Students and schools offer advice for pursuing academic goals while supporting a family.
Council of Graduate Schools 52nd Annual Meeting
2012 Annual Meeting Program
Selected PowerPoint presentations from the 2012 CGS 52nd Annual Meeting 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.
Pre-Meeting Workshop Presentations
Fundraising as a Critical Instrument for Improving Graduate Education
Steven Matson (1 MB)
Lisa Tedesco (733 KB)
Assessment and Review of Graduate Programs - Doctoral
Henning Schroeder (598 KB)
Assessment and Review of Graduate Programs - Master's
Robert Augustine (1.97 MB)
Robert Roer (398 KB)
Technology Solutions for Tracking Student Progress
George Justice (1.09 MB)
Nancy Marcus (1.22 MB)
How to Be an Effective Consultant in Graduate Education
Diana Carlin, Deirdre Mageean, and William Wiener (164 KB)
Graduate Schools' Role in Financial Aid
Charles Caramello (1.55 MB)
Paul Gemperline (164 KB)
Brian Lee Sang (1.55 MB)
Legal Issues
Anne Bowden (196 KB)
Ada Meloy (188 KB)
Mentoring through the Back Door: Creating Campus Buy-In for Graduate Student Career and Professional Development by Offering Diverse Opportunities
Henry Campa and Judith Stoddart (1.73 MB)
Promising Strategies and Techniques for Broadening Participation in Graduate Education
David A. Francko (530 KB)
Karen Jackson-Weaver (76 KB)
Dwight McBride (459 KB)
Professional Science Master's (PSM) Affiliation
David King (1.53 MB)
Assessing Learning Outcomes in Online Graduate Education
Michael Barr and Charles McClintock (1.52 MB)
Plenary Sessions Presentations
Creativity on the Benchtop: What Can We Learn from Student Researchers on the Frontiers of Science?
Nancy Nersessian (1.25 MB)
Advancing U.S. Competitiveness in Scientific Research and Education: Innovations at NSF
Subra Suresh (1.63 MB)
Career Outcomes for Graduate Degree Holders: How Do We Track?
Iain Cameron (1.41 MB)
Karen Klomparens (81 KB)
William Russel (772 KB)
Andrew Szeri (562 KB)
Concurrent Sessions Presentations
Advances in Models Supporting Graduate Students and Excellence in Graduate Education
Karen Butler-Purry (1.07 MB)
Joan Ferrini-Mundy (842 KB)
Initial Impacts of CGS's Project on Completion and Attrition in STEM Master's Programs
Samuel Attoh (355 KB)
Andrew Hsu (1.50 MB)
M.J.T. Smith (680 KB)
Dynamic Graduate School Leadership
Robert Augustine (1.87 MB)
Zlatko Skrbis (188 KB)
DIMAC: Promising Practices to Promote Success of Underrepresented Minorities in STEM PhD Programs
Kim E. Barrett (562 KB)
John C. Keller (128 KB)
Karen Liller (562 KB)
Janet Rutledge (128 KB)
Recent Research on the Biomedical Workforce: Implications for Designing Graduate Programs
H. Dele Davies (680 KB)
Allen Rawitch (631 KB)
Financial Support for Master's Students
George Newkome (478 KB)
Mary Osirim (141 KB)
Perceptions of Deans and Students about Graduate Education and Career Opportunities: A Further Analysis of Pathways Through Graduate School and Into Careers
Deirdre Mageean and Cathy Wendler (1.81 MB)
Innovations in Master's Education
Edelma Huntley, Kathleen Long, and Gerald Pogatshnik (99 KB)
Edelma Huntley (108 KB)
Kathleen Long (70 KB)
Case Study (45 KB)
Graduate Student Debt: Issues and Implications
Ramona Mellott (257 KB)
Professional Development Programs
Sinaia Nathanson, Lynne Pepall, and John Stevenson (714 KB)
Preparing Graduate Students for a Global Workforce
Graham Carr (974 KB)
John Wood (1.88 MB)
New Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Education
Maria Allison (636 KB)
Anselm Fremmer (278 KB)
Building Community at Master's Focused Institutions
Jennifer Keane-Dawes (537 KB)
Margaret McManus (1.5 MB)
Creative Solutions to Budgetary Challenges
Introduction (257 KB)
Philip Cohen (207 KB)
Maureen Grasso (286 KB)
Pamela Stacks (167 KB)
Joint and Dual Degree Programs: Planning for Success
Arnaud Chevallier (605 KB)
Dick Strugnell (278 KB)
Sponsored Breakfast Presentations
Presentation from Educational Testing Service Breakfast
David Payne and Eileen Tyson (1.17 MB)
Presentation from ProQuest UMI Breakfast
John Roberts (1.67 MB)
Snapshot Dissertation
Friday, February 22, 2013
Educators at Duke University and other institutions are looking for ways to help graduate students communicate the value of their highly specialized research to external audiences.
CGS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Development, Global Engagement and Research
Friday, February 8, 2013
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Eligibility: Eligible candidates will need to have received the doctoral degree by June 1, 2013.
Duration: 12-18 months
The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) invites applications from social sciences and humanities scholars who have been awarded the PhD in the past two to three years. The fellowship is designed to provide a highly accomplished early career professional with research and communications experience in the area of graduate education. Specific responsibilities and opportunities will be tailored to the field expertise and the career ambitions of the successful candidate, but will be divided across at least two of the following CGS activities:
- Advancement/Development
- Global Engagement
- CGS Best Practice Research
The postdoc will have opportunities to attend meetings and conferences relevant to his or her work at CGS. Salary will be competitive for the Washington, DC area.
The Council of Graduate Schools, the national voice for the graduate dean community, is the only organization in the United States that is dedicated solely to the advancement of graduate education and research. CGS accomplishes its mission through advocacy in the policy arena, innovative research, and the development and dissemination of best practices. CGS also acts as a convening authority, organizing major events that bring together graduate deans and other stakeholders to discuss and take action on a broad range of issues affecting graduate education today. CGS membership includes over 500 universities in the United States and Canada, and 25 universities outside the U.S. and Canada. Collectively, CGS institutions annually award more than 92 percent of all U.S. doctorates and over 81 percent of all U.S. master's degrees.
Application and Nomination Process
Applications must be e-mailed to Keith Peregonov at kperegonov@cgs.nche.edu or submitted through the CGS Career Portal. Please include a letter of interest, a resume or c.v., and three references with an e-mail address and telephone numbers. Electronic submissions (MS Word or Adobe PDF) are strongly preferred. For full consideration, please ensure that your application is received by March 1, 2013. To learn more about CGS, please visit www.cgsnet.org.
CGS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Higher Education Research
Friday, February 8, 2013
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Eligibility: Eligible candidates will need to have received the doctoral degree by June 1, 2013.
Duration: 12-18 months
The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) invites applications from social sciences and educational research scholars who have been awarded the PhD or equivalent in the past two to three years. The fellowship is designed to provide a highly accomplished early career professional with research and communications experience in the area of graduate education. Specific responsibilities and opportunities will be tailored to the field expertise and the career ambitions of the successful candidate, but will be divided across existing CGS research projects, such as those concerning attrition and completion, financial education, enrollment and degrees, and research ethics, among others.
The postdoc will have opportunities to attend meetings and conferences relevant to his or her work at CGS. Salary will be competitive for the Washington, DC area.
The Council of Graduate Schools, the national voice for the graduate dean community, is the only organization in the United States that is dedicated solely to the advancement of graduate education and research. CGS accomplishes its mission through advocacy in the policy arena, innovative research, and the development and dissemination of best practices. CGS also acts as a convening authority, organizing major events that bring together graduate deans and other stakeholders to discuss and take action on a broad range of issues affecting graduate education today. CGS membership includes over 500 universities in the United States and Canada, and 25 universities outside the U.S. and Canada. Collectively, CGS institutions annually award more than 92 percent of all U.S. doctorates and over 81 percent of all U.S. master's degrees.
Application and Nomination Process
Applications must be emailed to Keith Peregonov at kperegonov@cgs.nche.edu or submitted through the CGS Career Portal. Please include a letter of interest, a resume or c.v., and three references with an email address and telephone numbers. Electronic submissions (MS Word or Adobe PDF) are strongly preferred. For full consideration, please ensure that your application is received by March 1, 2013. To learn more about CGS, please visit www.cgsnet.org.
Professional Science Master’s Programs See Continued Growth
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Contact:
Julia Kent
jkent@cgs.nche.edu
(202) 223-3791
Washington, D.C. (February 7, 2013) – The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) today released the results of its third annual Professional Science Master’s Enrollment and Degrees Survey documenting applications, enrollments, and degrees awarded in Professional Science Master’s (PSM) programs. The PSM is an innovative graduate degree designed to allow students to pursue advanced training in science or mathematics, while simultaneously developing workplace skills highly valued by employers.
“First-time enrollment in PSM programs continues to grow, even as first-time graduate enrollment in general has declined in recent years,” said CGS President Debra Stewart. “It’s clear that the value of a PSM degree is gaining recognition among students, employers, and graduate institutions. The versatility and professionalism of PSM graduates gives them an edge in the job market, as seen in student outcomes studies that show high levels of career success.”
This new report includes data on applications received and accepted for fall 2012, as well as enrollment data for fall 2012 and degrees awarded during the 2011-12 academic year, from 93% of all PSM programs worldwide. Additionally, the report offers comparisons to data from the previous 2010 and 2011 surveys, documenting growth in applications, admissions, and enrollment over the past three years. Key findings include:
Applications:
- Over 6,100 applications were received for fall 2012 admission and 48% were accepted.
- PSM programs in mathematics and statistics received more applications than programs in other fields of study, constituting 35% of all applications received.
- First-Time Enrollment:
- Nearly 1,900 students enrolled in PSM programs in 2012.
- 51% of first-time enrollees were men, and 49% were women.
- Nearly two-thirds of all first-time PSM students were enrolled full-time while the remaining one-third were part-time students.
- 22% of first-time enrollees in U.S.-based PSM programs were temporary residents (i.e., international students).
- Among U.S. citizens and permanent residents, 22% of first-time enrollees were underrepresented minorities (Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, or American Indian/Alaska Native).
Total Enrollment:
- Total enrollment in PSM programs topped 5,800 students in 2012.
- Total enrollment increased by 22% overall between 2010 and 2012 and by 10% at the PSM programs that responded to the 2010, 2011, and the 2012 surveys.
- Men comprised 55% of all PSM students and women made up 45%.
- 15% of total PSM students enrolled in U.S.-based institutions were temporary residents.
- Among U.S. citizens and permanent residents, 25% of enrollees in the fall of 2012 were underrepresented minorities.
- Total PSM enrollment in fall 2012 was dominated by four fields of study: computer/information sciences (21%), biotechnology (16%), environmental sciences and natural resources (14%), or mathematics and statistics (14%).
Degrees awarded:
- Just over 1,750 PSM degrees were awarded in academic year 2011/12.
- 52% of PSM degrees awarded by respondents in academic year 2011/12 were awarded to men and 48% to women.
- 17% of graduates of U.S.-based PSM programs were international students.
- Among U.S. citizens and permanent residents, 23% of PSM graduates in 2011/12 were underrepresented minorities.
- Biotechnology and computer/information sciences awarded 42% of all PSM degrees awarded: 22% and 20%, respectively.
- Men earned the majority of the PSM degrees awarded in chemistry and physics, geosciences and GIS, other interdisciplinary sciences, bioinformatics/computational biology, and mathematics and statistics.
- Women earned the majority of the degrees granted in medical-related sciences, biology/biotechnology, and “other interdisciplinary” fields.
The report is available in pdf format at cgsnet.org and at sciencemasters.com.
The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) is an organization of over 500 institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada engaged in graduate education, research, and the preparation of candidates for advanced degrees. Among U.S. institutions, CGS members award 92% of the doctoral degrees and 81% of the master’s degrees.* The organization’s mission is to improve and advance graduate education, which it accomplishes through advocacy in the federal policy arena, research, and the development and dissemination of best practices.
* Based on data from the 2011 CGS/GRE Survey of Graduate Enrollment and Degrees
CUNY Graduate Center hopes to offer a public model for doctoral reform
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Leaders of the graduate education community provide insight on the time-to-degree and career paths offered by doctoral programs.
Graduates going for broke
Sunday, February 3, 2013
CGS is interviewed by the New York Times about how escalating costs of education, the financial crisis, and new barriers to borrowing are changing the calculus for prospective graduate students.
Law schools’ applications fall as costs rise and jobs are cut
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
CGS President Debra Stewart comments on graduate school enrollment trends for an article on declining law school applications.
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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.
