Goal 2: Graduate
A Stronger Graduate Education
Graduate education and research are the cornerstones of every great university, and recent studies have highlighted Arts & Sciences’ outstanding successes here. We have initiated a large number of new programs that have improved the lives of graduate students, and these have been widely copied by some of the nation’s top research universities. However, the Task Force on Graduate Education concluded that while many Arts & Sciences graduate programs are outstanding, others need to be enhanced to achieve top standards of quality for both faculty and students. We seek uniformly excellent Ph.D. programs throughout Arts & Sciences as well as tangible enhancements to benefit our graduate students.
We have gained a significant improvement and competitive advantage following our Project 21 plan in the area of undergraduate education. There has been a marked increase in the number and quality of our applications, in our selectivity and yield, in the strength of our programs, and in the satisfaction of our students. Much of our current visibility and reputation results from the attention paid to our undergraduate curriculum and experience. Adding a comparable emphasis to our graduate education in the next decade will yield similar dividends for Arts & Sciences and our University.
Core Initiative
Foster improvements in graduate education in the next decade that match our efforts in undergraduate education in the last decade. Create an endowment that supports this effort.
A Stronger Graduate Education
Graduate education and research are the cornerstones of every great university, and recent studies have highlighted Arts & Sciences’ outstanding successes here. We have initiated a large number of new programs that have improved the lives of graduate students, and these have been widely copied by some of the nation’s top research universities. However, the Task Force on Graduate Education concluded that while many Arts & Sciences graduate programs are outstanding, others need to be enhanced to achieve top standards of quality for both faculty and students. We seek uniformly excellent Ph.D. programs throughout Arts & Sciences as well as tangible enhancements to benefit our graduate students.
We have gained a significant improvement and competitive advantage following our Project 21 plan in the area of undergraduate education. There has been a marked increase in the number and quality of our applications, in our selectivity and yield, in the strength of our programs, and in the satisfaction of our students. Much of our current visibility and reputation results from the attention paid to our undergraduate curriculum and experience. Adding a comparable emphasis to our graduate education in the next decade will yield similar dividends for Arts & Sciences and our University.
Core Initiative
Foster improvements in graduate education in the next decade that match our efforts in undergraduate education in the last decade. Create an endowment that supports this effort.
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