Tom Tomasi Associate Dean Of The Graduate College

1. State of the Graduate College - 2014 Tom Tomasi Associate Dean Of The Graduate College

2. 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???

3. The Role of the Graduate Dean • Graduate College Policies (setting & enforcing) • Overall quality of programs • Fairness & exceptions • Alternatives • Facilitator (multiple stakeholders)

4. Provost President’s Office Graduate College Staff Other MO Universities Graduate Dean Grad Faculty (GC & Directors) College Deans & Dept Heads Registrar’s Office Enrollment Management National Grad Scene Graduate Students

5. New Graduate Degrees Approved 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 ??

6. 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 ??

7. Graduate Program Opportunities

8. Graduate Fall Enrollment & Credit Hour Production Trend

11. Fall 2014 Graduate Headcount & Credit Hour Production by College Total Enrollment = 3,420 Total Credit Hours = 26,658

12. It’s Not Just About Numbers! High-impact Educational Experiences • Research • Internships • Study away • Field trips • Laboratories Quality Indicators • Awards • Presentations • Publications • Exhibits & Performances

13. Theses Numbers

14. 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

15. 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!

16. Board Priorities • Access to Success (modest growth, retention, cost, etc.) • Public Affairs Integration (events, assessment, eJournal, etc.) • Engaged Inquiry (faculty research) • Partners for Progress (reaching beyond campus) • Valuing & Supporting People (compensation, diversity, etc.) • Responsible Stewardship (use of funds) • Athletics • West Plains Integration http://www.missouristate.edu/president/goals.htm

17. Accreditation Issues (HLC) • “Public Affairs” in graduate programs • Probably done in most programs, but not promoted as public affairs (applied research, internships, etc.) • Talk about what you do in PA terms • Add a statement to your Catalog pages indicating connection to PA • Parallel classes (400-600, 500-600, etc.) • Different requirements for graduate students. • “graduate-level” experience for graduate students • Higher-level thinking

18. 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)

19. My Priorities • Tell “our story” better: “value-added” = Good education + low cost more marketing activities • More well-qualified diverse students McNair Graduate Assistantships (Graduate College) Graduate Scholarships for Enhancing Diversity (University) • Market/promote graduate programs New programs Interdisciplinary/individualized programs have no other “home” • Get promising students into new graduate scholarships • Improved work-flow

20. 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)??

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. Graduate Interdisciplinary Forum Saturday April 25, 2015 Graduate College Workshop series (see website and handouts)

27. IDF 2014 is Saturday, April 25 in PSU

28. 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

29. Questions???