Graduate Education and the Role of the Graduate College at ASU

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Graduate Education and the Role of the
Graduate College at ASU

• Dr. Maria T. Allison
• University Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate
  Studies
• January 2008

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Graduate College Mission

• The mission of the Graduate College is to promote
  and
• support the integrity, quality, and vitality of
  ASU graduate
• programs including all master's degrees,
  professional
• degrees and doctoral degrees.
• Our goal is to insure university-wide standards
  of quality,
• access, and equity in graduate programs and
  promote the
• interests of ASU's graduate students and graduate
• education within the state, national, and
  international
• arenas.

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Selected Goals and Objectives

• To facilitate the recruitment and degree
  completion of a highly
• diverse and high quality graduate student
  population representing the state, nation, and
  global communities.
• To facilitate the building of university-wide
  interdisciplinary
• and transdisciplinary graduate degree
  programs that foster
• interdisciplinary synergy among graduate
  students and their
• faculty.
• To expand and shape graduate financial support
  programs,
• including fellowships programs, that
  support the recruitment
• and completion of a highly diverse and high
  quality graduate
• student population.

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4) To facilitate the graduate growth by 2020 on
all campuses with major growth at Polytechnic,
West, and Downtown Phoenix campuses. 5) To
encourage and promote the development of creative
degree delivery platforms (e.g., one-year
accelerated masters, bachelors/masters,
on-line degree programs) that facilitate growth
and opportunities in niche markets.
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• To encourage development of innovative graduate
  programs that are responsive to educational needs
  of Arizonas diverse populations (e.g.,
  professional masters programs and clinical
  partnerships with embedded curriculum benefiting
  the community, and region).
• 7) To expand ASUs graduate professional
  development programs (e.g., seminars, workshops),
  including the nationally acclaimed Preparing
  Future Faculty program, to support the on-going
  education of graduate students.

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The Role of the Graduate College at ASU
GRADUATE COLLEGE
Student Quality Diversity Access
Program Quality
Interdisciplinarity Curricular Innovation
ASU Division of Graduate Studies Vision and Goals
2002-2012
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ASUs Graduate Enrollment and Profile
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Primary International Graduate Enrollments
India 958 China 419 South Korea
182 Taiwan 96 Mexico 81 Other 547 Tot
al 2283
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Graduate Curricular Degree Initiatives
Transforming Graduate Education at ASU
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Creating Graduate Teaching and Research
Opportunities
ASU Presidents Design Imperatives
Health and New Technologies
Globalization
Educating for the 21st Century
Urbanization
Interdisciplinary Centers and Institutes
(research opportunities)
Current and New Schools and Departments
(degrees, certificates)
GraduateEducation
Graduate Learning Opportunities in Disciplinary
and Interdisciplinary Environments
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The Graduate Faculty Model InitiativeImplemented
Fall 2007
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Principles of the Graduate Faculty Initiative

• To position graduate education, particularly PhD
  education, within the vision of One University in
  Many Places.
• 2. To develop a graduate education structure that
  builds on ASUs expansive intellectual capital by
  enhancing the capacity of faculty expertise from
  across the university to participate in our PhD
  programs.
• 3. To foster interdisciplinary and
  multidisciplinary perspectives, and facilitate
  high quality research among our doctoral students
  and faculty.

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Building a Graduate Faculty Model

• PhD graduate education is now organized around a
  Graduate Faculty model.
• With appropriate credentials, individual faculty
  will become members of the university graduate
  faculty and will organize themselves around PhD
  program areas
• Graduate Faculty in Psychology
• Graduate Faculty in Sustainability
• Graduate Faculty in.
• These graduate faculty groups will be more
  expansive than departmental/school units.
• An individual may be a member of multiple
  graduate faculties simultaneously.

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Faculty members from Hugh Downs School of Human
Communication (Tempe campus)
Select Faculty members from Women and Gender
Studies
Select faculty members from Speech and Hearing
Science
Graduate Faculty Communication
Select faculty members from Walter Cronkite
School of Journalism and Telecommunication
Select faculty members from Communication
Studies (West Campus)
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Sustainability
Community Resources and Development
Global Studies
Life Sciences Applied Biology
Graduate Faculty Sustainability
SHESC
Geography
Economics
Geological Sciences
Political Science
Engineering
Other faculty
Other faculty
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Graduate faculty member of Biology
Graduate faculty member in Bioengineering
Faculty member A
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ASU Graduate Headcount Future Projections
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Tempe Campus Graduate Headcount 20012005
Masters Headcount
Doctoral/Law Headcount
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Tempe Campus Masters/Doctoral Proportionality
20052020
Estimates bases on figures reported in Plans to
Implement the ABOR Redesign, ASU Fall 2005
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Tempe Campus Graduate Headcount Projections
20052020
Masters
Doctoral/Law
Estimates bases on figures reported in Plans to
Implement the ABOR Redesign, ASU Fall 2005
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Graduate Headcount Projections West,
Polytechnic, and Downtown Campuses (through 2020)
West
Polytechnic
Downtown(beginning 2006, masters and doctoral)
Estimates bases on figures reported in Plans to
Implement the ABOR Redesign, ASU Fall 2005
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Total ASU Graduate Projections through 2020
Masters
Doctoral/Law
Estimates bases on figures reported in Plans to
Implement the ABOR Redesign, ASU Fall 2005
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Quality Considerations with Increased Growth

• Manage enrollment
• Continue to develop resources to support graduate
  financial support
• Continue to assess and improve graduate student
  quality (e.g., selectivity and yield)
• Continue to diversify our graduate student
  population
• Continue to work with academic units to
  streamline their curricula

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Summary

• Build structures within graduate education that
  facilitate institutional integration of President
  Crows design imperatives
• Facilitate development of interdisciplinary
  initiatives new doctoral program structures,
  certificates, concentrations
• Focus heavily on learning outcomes in curricular
  program design

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Thank you.