http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=81509
The recent economic recession increased the number of students who applied to IU graduate schools, but the continued recovery is beginning to reverse that trend.
Nationally, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for March 2011 at 8.8 percent; down from a high of 10.1 percent in October 2009.
Some of IU’s graduate programs are beginning to show a leveling off of applicants for this year as a result.
“With the economy of 2008 and 2009, nationally more people applied — to law school — because they couldn’t get jobs and maybe if they had thought about going to law school, they accelerated their decision and applied,” Ken Turchi, assistant dean for communications and marketing for the Maurer School of Law said. “We could be seeing a reversal of that.”
To date, Maurer School of Law is on track to receive fewer applications for admission than in years past, he said.
The assistant dean of admissions at the Maurer School of Law, Frank Motley, said that while the quantity of applications went down in 2011, the quality went up. Many of the applicants had higher LSAT scores and GPAs.
A poor job market usually encourages people to return to or stay in school, Erika Lee, director of communications for the IU Graduate School said.
Because of the economic recovery currently underway, students will often return to school in order to qualify for more specialized employment, Lee said.
-- J. Edward Calabro
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
‘Steps Taken’ to support strong system of graduate education
If you missed it, the IDS has a story on the recent "Steps Taken" report. The report is a follow up on the "Path Forward" report released last year on the future of graduate education in the U.S.
http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=81338&search=wimbush§ion=search
http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=81338&search=wimbush§ion=search
Thursday, April 14, 2011
'Steps Taken' report marks progress in graduate education
Release from IU Info:
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/18198.html
April 14, 2011
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University and other institutions of higher education are acting strategically to ensure that graduate education remains a viable option for a growing number of students, said James Wimbush, dean of the University Graduate School.
He addressed the issue upon the release of Steps Taken on The Path Forward, a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools. It details steps that colleges and universities have made to implement the recommendations of The Path Forward: The Future of Graduate Education in the United States, a landmark report issued last year by the Commission on the Future of Graduate Education.
Wimbush was one of three graduate school deans who spoke at the release of the Steps Taken report during a forum on graduate education last week in Washington, D.C.
At Indiana University, he said, "the report motivated us to increase our focus on a number of key areas -- recruitment, completion, and career and professional development -- and we're doing a lot in all of these and other areas, but we gave special attention to completion, and the No. 1 factor that influences it, financial support."
The April 2010 Path Forward report was a result of collaboration by the Council of Graduate Schools and the Educational Testing Service. It called on the federal government, universities and industry to work together to strengthen the future of graduate education.
The new document reviews the impact of The Path Forward one year later and outlines issues and challenges confronting graduate education. It says the report has:
Wimbush cited the New Academic Directions project at Indiana University, which examined the institution's academic structure to ascertain if it includes the right mix of academic units and programs along with flexibility and efficiency for training future graduate students and undergraduates.
Findings from the Council of Graduate Schools' Ph.D. Completion Project, he said, show that financial support is the top challenge facing graduate students, followed by advising and family support. He said graduate school officials have significant concerns about the number of students who are having difficulty completing their programs because of inadequate financial resources and debt.
IU has established additional graduate fellowships and deans have targeted fund-raising to the support of graduate education, but federal support is also needed, Wimbush said.
"At a time when we need more people to be pursuing graduate education, the federal government should be enhancing support for graduate education and higher education overall," he said. "The Department of Education's proposal to eliminate the in-school interest subsidy for graduate and professional school students is a concern and the graduate community would like to work with policymakers on ways to address this."
Speakers at last week's forum also included U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop of New York, Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia, Under Secretary of Education Martha Kantor and officials from Educational Testing Service, IBM and IBM Foundation, and Batelle Memorial Institute. The Steps Taken report can be seen at http://www.cgsnet.org/portals/0/pdf/GR_R_CFGEStepsTaken.pdf.
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/18198.html
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| James C. Wimbush |
April 14, 2011
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University and other institutions of higher education are acting strategically to ensure that graduate education remains a viable option for a growing number of students, said James Wimbush, dean of the University Graduate School.
He addressed the issue upon the release of Steps Taken on The Path Forward, a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools. It details steps that colleges and universities have made to implement the recommendations of The Path Forward: The Future of Graduate Education in the United States, a landmark report issued last year by the Commission on the Future of Graduate Education.
Wimbush was one of three graduate school deans who spoke at the release of the Steps Taken report during a forum on graduate education last week in Washington, D.C.
At Indiana University, he said, "the report motivated us to increase our focus on a number of key areas -- recruitment, completion, and career and professional development -- and we're doing a lot in all of these and other areas, but we gave special attention to completion, and the No. 1 factor that influences it, financial support."
The April 2010 Path Forward report was a result of collaboration by the Council of Graduate Schools and the Educational Testing Service. It called on the federal government, universities and industry to work together to strengthen the future of graduate education.
The new document reviews the impact of The Path Forward one year later and outlines issues and challenges confronting graduate education. It says the report has:
- Influenced critical decision processes by helping to shape institutional strategic plans and goals for graduate education programs
- Changed institutional priorities by highlighting the importance of graduate education
- Created new communication channels, such as catalyzing new online discussions between deans and faculty about graduate education issues
- Shaped evaluation metrics and affirmed the commitment of graduate deans to developing and using outcome measures and offering more information to students
- Introduced new programs, particularly professional development programs for graduate students.
Wimbush cited the New Academic Directions project at Indiana University, which examined the institution's academic structure to ascertain if it includes the right mix of academic units and programs along with flexibility and efficiency for training future graduate students and undergraduates.
Findings from the Council of Graduate Schools' Ph.D. Completion Project, he said, show that financial support is the top challenge facing graduate students, followed by advising and family support. He said graduate school officials have significant concerns about the number of students who are having difficulty completing their programs because of inadequate financial resources and debt.
IU has established additional graduate fellowships and deans have targeted fund-raising to the support of graduate education, but federal support is also needed, Wimbush said.
"At a time when we need more people to be pursuing graduate education, the federal government should be enhancing support for graduate education and higher education overall," he said. "The Department of Education's proposal to eliminate the in-school interest subsidy for graduate and professional school students is a concern and the graduate community would like to work with policymakers on ways to address this."
Speakers at last week's forum also included U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop of New York, Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia, Under Secretary of Education Martha Kantor and officials from Educational Testing Service, IBM and IBM Foundation, and Batelle Memorial Institute. The Steps Taken report can be seen at http://www.cgsnet.org/portals/0/pdf/GR_R_CFGEStepsTaken.pdf.
Monday, March 7, 2011
NRC Plans to Release Revised Doctoral-Program Rankings Soon
By David Glenn
March 6, 2011
From the Chronicle of Higher Education:
The National Research Council will "shortly" release a revised version of its enormous database on American doctoral education, the project's leaders said here Friday during a conference on the past and future of doctoral-program assessment. In at least a few cases, the officials said, the revisions will significantly change certain programs' rankings.
After the NRC's long-delayed report was released last September, scholars in some fields—notably computer science —said they saw serious errors in the data.
In response to such concerns, the NRC invited programs to formally submit any problems or mistakes they had detected. Of the nearly 5,000 programs in the study, 453 submitted such letters before the November deadline, said the project's staff director, Charlotte V. Kuh, during Friday's meeting.
Read the entire article..
http://chronicle.com/article/NRC-Plans-to-Release-Revised/126631/
March 6, 2011
From the Chronicle of Higher Education:
The National Research Council will "shortly" release a revised version of its enormous database on American doctoral education, the project's leaders said here Friday during a conference on the past and future of doctoral-program assessment. In at least a few cases, the officials said, the revisions will significantly change certain programs' rankings.
After the NRC's long-delayed report was released last September, scholars in some fields—notably computer science —said they saw serious errors in the data.
In response to such concerns, the NRC invited programs to formally submit any problems or mistakes they had detected. Of the nearly 5,000 programs in the study, 453 submitted such letters before the November deadline, said the project's staff director, Charlotte V. Kuh, during Friday's meeting.
Read the entire article..
http://chronicle.com/article/NRC-Plans-to-Release-Revised/126631/
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
National Research Council study validates quality of IU doctoral programs
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| The University Graduate School Dean, James C. Wimbush Courtesy of Chris Meyer, Indiana University. |
Sept. 29, 2010
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University programs in the natural and mathematical sciences, humanities, social sciences and public affairs were recognized as among the best in the United States in the Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs released Tuesday (Sept. 28) by the National Research Council.
While the assessment does not include single numerical rankings, IU programs in folklore, musicology, ecology and evolutionary biology, public policy, psychology, mathematics, sociology and public affairs ranked at or near the top of their fields, and other programs were close behind.
Read the complete article:
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/15754.html?emailID=15754
Friday, September 24, 2010
National organization touts School of Education doctoral dissertation tying extra-curricular activity to student success
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| John Houser |
Sept. 22, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Institute for Education Leadership in Washington, D.C., is citing as a major contribution to the field a study by a recent Indiana University School of Education Ph.D. graduate suggesting a relationship between higher participation in extra-curricular programs and better grades at an Indianapolis community school.
School psychology doctoral graduate John H. Houser's dissertation analyzed participation and grades during the 2008-09 school year at George Washington Community High School (GWCHS), a full-service community school. For that year, the students who had a higher participation rate in extra-curricular activities also had a higher grade-point average.
"There's certainly a relationship going on between participating in these programs both offered by the school and the community and how that relates to how they're doing academically," Houser said.
Read full article:
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/15649.html?emailID=15649
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
IU Represented at NASA Education Stakeholders' Summit
Assistant Dean for the University Graduate School, Dr. Yolanda Treviño, will be representing IU as a panelist and a regional specialist at the NASA Education Stakeholders' Summit, “An Innovative Solution To Support the STEM Workforce of Tomorrow,” Sept 13-15, 2010, in Chantilly, VA.
She is one of four speakers on the Institutional Solutions: Maximizing Access to Available Human and Fiscal Resources Panel. This panel will present perspectives from NASA, other Federal Agencies, Industry, Non-Profits and Academia on strategies to maximize access to human and fiscal resources to attract, retain and prepare STEM Talent from college to career. The other three panelists are from the National Science Foundation, MIT and Southern Florida.
She is a Regional Specialist for the Institute for Broadening Participation "Building the STEM Workforce: Pathways for Recruitment, Retention, and Career Development" project supports NASA's OSSI initiative. Through this project, IBP leads a series of recruitment and retention efforts with a national network of colleges and universities along with three additional organizations with similar projects. The OSSI initiative involves streamlining the application and selection process for NASA funded educational opportunities such as scholarships, internships, and fellowships, with an overall goal of strengthening the STEM workforce and increasing the number of students successfully pursuing degrees and careers in the sciences. For more information, visit: http://www.ibparticipation.org/projects.asp?sort=NASAREG
She is the director for the IU Midwest Crossroads Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (a National Science Foundation grant program which develops and implements innovative programs that promote the academic success of graduate students, with a special interest in activities designed to advance under-represented minority students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics degree programs); is responsible for diversity-building fellowships; and, serves as the ombudsperson for the Graduate and Professional Student Organization, the official graduate student government for IU.
She is one of four speakers on the Institutional Solutions: Maximizing Access to Available Human and Fiscal Resources Panel. This panel will present perspectives from NASA, other Federal Agencies, Industry, Non-Profits and Academia on strategies to maximize access to human and fiscal resources to attract, retain and prepare STEM Talent from college to career. The other three panelists are from the National Science Foundation, MIT and Southern Florida.
She is a Regional Specialist for the Institute for Broadening Participation "Building the STEM Workforce: Pathways for Recruitment, Retention, and Career Development" project supports NASA's OSSI initiative. Through this project, IBP leads a series of recruitment and retention efforts with a national network of colleges and universities along with three additional organizations with similar projects. The OSSI initiative involves streamlining the application and selection process for NASA funded educational opportunities such as scholarships, internships, and fellowships, with an overall goal of strengthening the STEM workforce and increasing the number of students successfully pursuing degrees and careers in the sciences. For more information, visit: http://www.ibparticipation.org/projects.asp?sort=NASAREG
She is the director for the IU Midwest Crossroads Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (a National Science Foundation grant program which develops and implements innovative programs that promote the academic success of graduate students, with a special interest in activities designed to advance under-represented minority students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics degree programs); is responsible for diversity-building fellowships; and, serves as the ombudsperson for the Graduate and Professional Student Organization, the official graduate student government for IU.
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