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Overview. MIT Recruitment and retention programs Successes. About MIT. 11,000 students 6,100 graduate students ~5% minority graduate students Very decentralized (5 Schools; over 30 departments and programs) Extremely interdisciplinary Active graduate student body. What are we doing….
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Overview • MIT • Recruitment and retention programs • Successes UPRM NEA Day 2008
About MIT • 11,000 students • 6,100 graduate students • ~5% minority graduate students • Very decentralized (5 Schools; over 30 departments and programs) • Extremely interdisciplinary • Active graduate student body UPRM NEA Day 2008
What are we doing… • 2004 Faculty resolution • Varying work at the department level • Retention • Path of Professorship • ACME • Recruitment • MSRP • CONVERGE UPRM NEA Day 2008
Overview Graduate Student Group Research Support Network Web-based and organic Multi-disciplinary Supported by MIT Structure Accountability Thursday ACME Lecture Series Practice Talks Writing and Study sessions Undergraduate mentoring ACME UPRM NEA Day 2008
Success Stories UPRM NEA Day 2008
Increasing research experiences… • MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) • 10 week research INTENSIVE summer program • Travel and housing covered by the program • Weekly stipend provided • Weekly faculty seminars http://web.mit.edu/gso/msrp UPRM NEA Day 2008
MSRP Pipeline 86-07 UPRM NEA Day 2008
What are we up to??? • Increased Institute buy-in • New MSRP Coordinator (Monica Orta) • Financial support for MSRP from 5 Schools • Departments getting more involved with R&R • Graduate Community Fellows • Based on Harvard, Yale programs • Currently 5 (Women, International Students, Community, 2 Diversity); will likely increase to 20 • Recruitment and Retention Council • Planning Committee: Faculty from each of the 5 Schools and Graduate Student Deans • Full Committee: Representatives from each unit UPRM NEA Day 2008
Successes • We continue to share students • UMass applying Path of Professorship model • NEA Graduate now an MIT post-doc!! • Sheekelah Baker-Yeboah (URI) UPRM NEA Day 2008