Tom Tomasi Associate Dean Of The Graduate College

Tom TomasiAssociate Dean Of The Graduate College

State of the Graduate College - 2014

Graduate Dean ?? 2 of 4 candidates have been interviewed

Presumably someone will be hired in November

Start time could be January or summer

If needed, Associate Dean search, would be ASAP

Internal or external???

The Role of the Graduate Dean1. Graduate College Policies (setting & enforcing)

• Overall quality of programs• Fairness & exceptions• Alternatives

2. Facilitator (multiple stakeholders)

Graduate Dean

President’s Office

College Deans & Dept Heads

Enrollment Management

Graduate Students

Registrar’s Office

Graduate College Staff

Provost

Grad Faculty (GC & Directors)

National Grad Scene

Other MO Universities

New Graduate DegreesApproved or in Approval Process:

• Interdisciplinary Studies

• MFA – Visual Studies

• MS – Applied Behavior Analysis

• MA – Applied Second Language Acquisition

• Doc – Nurse Anesthesia Practice

• MS – Cybersecurity

• MA – Teaching & Learning

• EdS – Teacher Leadership

New Degrees to be proposed this year ??

New Graduate Certificates• Administrative Studies

• Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction

• Teaching & learning

• Teacher Leadership

• Computer Information Systems• Cybersecurity• Entrepreneurship• Finance• Financial Analysis• International Business• Leadership• Management• Marketing

New Certificates to be proposed this year ??

Graduate Program OpportunitiesFall 2009 Fall 2014

Number of Graduate Programs Degrees 43 52 Certificates 18 34 Accelerated Masters 11 29Number of Graduate Programs - 100% Online Degree 2 13

Certificates 0? 7

Graduate Fall Enrollment & Credit Hour Production Trend

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COB24.2%

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COAL6.9%

CNAS4.4%

MSAS2.3%

AGR0.8%

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COE16.1%

COB25.7%

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MSAS1.8%

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Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours = 26,658Total Enrollment = 3,420

Fall 2014 Graduate Headcount & Credit Hour Production by College

It’s Not Just About Numbers!

High-impact Educational Experiences• Research• Internships• Study away• Field trips• Laboratories

Quality Indicators• Awards• Presentations• Publications• Exhibits & Performances

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The National Scene• International students increasing

• ~60% not in research universities

• 83% in Masters or certificate programs

• Business. Education, & Health = big 3

• ~50% part-time new students in Masters Universities

• ~90% domestic new students in Masters Universities

• ~60% white new graduate students in Masters Universities

How Do We Compare?• Our student body is pretty similar, except for diversity.• Relative to national trends, we are doing better than average

in enrollment!

USA MSUAll students (Fa ‘13) 0.2% 1.2%

All students (Fa ‘12) 2.3% 3.9%

Board Priorities1. Access to Success (modest growth, retention, cost, etc.)2. Public Affairs Integration (events, assessment, eJournal, etc.)3. Engaged Inquiry (faculty research)4. Partners for Progress (reaching beyond campus)5. Valuing & Supporting People (compensation, diversity, etc.)6. Responsible Stewardship (use of funds)7. Athletics 8. West Plains Integration

http://www.missouristate.edu/president/goals.htm

Accreditation Issues (HLC) “Public Affairs” in graduate programs

o Probably done in most programs, but not promoted as public affairs (applied research, internships, etc.)

o Talk about what you do in PA termso Add a statement to your Catalog pages indicating connection to PA

Parallel classes (400-600, 500-600, etc.)o Different requirements for graduate students.o “graduate-level” experience for graduate studentso Higher-level thinking

Graduate Recruitment Expanded college fair schedule (see Updates) Attend undergraduate research conferences for

recruiting purposes (McNair & SACNAS) Provide mini-grant funds again to graduate programs

for recruiting activities College-level Virtual Fairs (see Updates)

My Priorities Tell “our story” better:

“value-added” = Good education + low cost more marketing activities

More well-qualified diverse studentsMcNair Graduate Assistantships (Graduate College)Graduate Scholarships for Enhancing Diversity (University)

Market/promote graduate programsNew programsInterdisciplinary/individualized programs have no other “home”

Get promising students into new graduate scholarships Improved work-flow

Policy Setting• Assigning/changing “catalog year” for students with

hiatus in coursework• Total number of credits for a degree that can be

earned prior to admission (senior permission, transfer, post-bacc, mixed credit)

• “General” Mixed Credit• Accelerated certificates (w/ & w/o accelerated

Masters)??

Policy/Process Changes

“Projected Course Offerings” – now visible on the web for students (https://mis.missouristate.edu/Student/pco )

“Degree Audits” likely to soon include graduate students

Turnitin.com vs. SafeAssign

Apply to Graduate

Reminders – Admissions “Start-semester” is critical in Banner

Applications close after the first week of a semester.

Admissions closes after census date (4 weeks)

Don’t admit someone for a semester in which they are already registered as a post-bacc student.

Adding /changing a program requires a new application or contact Michael Edwards.

Accelerated Masters candidates must apply for the semester they will truly be a grad student, not when they want to take “mixed credit” classes as a senior

Reminders – International Students

Need to take at least 6 credits face-to-face Summer classes “conditional admissions” for ELI students Visa issues are complex Contact International Services with questions

Reminders – Forms & Paperwork

• 9 credits of C or lower• Letters from the Graduate College

• Removal from program when exceeded

• Post-baccalaureate students (non-degree seeking)• Registration holds after 9 credits

• Apply to graduate (or complete a certificate)• 8 year limits

Reminders – Graduate Assistantships 4 semesters (Fall/Spring) 3.00 GPA 6 graduate credits hours Summer fee waivers ¼-time GA (with approval) Dismissals (firing) Late starts Rec center, Health Center fees 1000 hr. counting

Graduate Interdisciplinary ForumSaturday

April 25, 2015

Graduate College

Workshop series

(see website and handouts)

IDF 2014 is Saturday, April 25 in PSU

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Graduate Student Senate• Desired senator from each graduate program• Get names to me or the co-Presidents

• FUNCTIONS:• Promote the interests of grad students in general• Co-sponsor events with the Graduate College• More TBD

Questions ???