December 6-9, 2023
Marriott Marquis Washington, DC
Washington, DC
The 600+ attendees enjoyed a productive, engaging, and thought-provoking event. Annual meeting participants explored a variety of important issues in graduate education with topics ranging from mentoring to legal challenges to DEI and gender equity programs and policies to supporting and celebrating Indigenous students and scholarship.
PowerPoint presentations from the 2023 CGS 63rd Annual Meeting are below.
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Pre-Meeting Workshops – Wednesday, December 6
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- Mastering Mentorship (handout)
- Non-Degree Credentials: Defining and Assessing Quality
- Review Of Graduate Programs: Master’s and Doctoral
- Emerging Models of Writing Support For Graduate Students (Dobbins | Quynn | Ramadan)
- Fundraising for Graduate Education (Fundraising for Graduate Education – Toolkit | Development Report Card | 6_18_36 Month Fundraising Planning Tool)
Breakfast Presentation – Thursday, December 7
- Integrating the Web of Science with ProQuest Theses and Dissertations Global (sponsored by ProQuest, part of Clarivate)
Concurrent Sessions – Thursday, December 7
- Career Mentoring for Master’s Students
- The Changing Landscape of Graduate Education – Preparing for an Uncertain Future (sponsored by Huron Consulting Group)
- Embracing Boundless Opportunities: Internationalizing Graduate Education (Sanchez Flores)
- Systemic Change Toward Equity and Belonging In Graduate Education (Mote)
- Creating A Sense of Community and Belonging for Master’s Students
- From Baby Boomers to Gen Z: How to “Click” with Students
- Recognizing the Strengths of First-Generation Graduate Students: Naming Barriers and Identifying Opportunities
Breakfast Presentation – Friday, December 8
- Get to Know Your International Applicants (sponsored by ETS)
Concurrent Sessions – Friday, December 8
- Innovative Funding Models in Master’s Education
- Like A Bridge Over Troubled Water: Dysfunction as a Mechanism For Systematic Change
- Opening Doors to New Research and Scholarship: Increasing Impact Through Inclusion (Caidor)
- The Power of Planning – Creating a Graduate Enrollment Management Plan that Positions Your Programs for Growth (sponsored by EAB)
- Forging Industry-Ready Scholars: The Future of Employment-Aligned PhDs (Bungartz | Harries)
- Maximizing Returns: Affordability and ROI in Graduate Education (Prybutok)
- Stop Start Grow – Data Informed Academic Program Management (sponsored by Gray Decision Intelligence)
- The Student-Supervisor Relationship: Building And Maintaining Strong Foundations (Belanger | Medraj)
Meeting Dates and Location
December 6-9, 2023
Marriott Marquis Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Join the CGS community in Washington, DC! Networking and professional development opportunities abound, including eight pre-meeting workshops, six plenary sessions, and numerous concurrent sessions and exhibits.
Annual Meeting participants will explore important issues in graduate education. Enjoy a unique forum to meet leaders in your field and exchange ideas and information. Graduate deans; associate and assistant deans; faculty and staff from colleges and universities; association, federal and state agency, and other education-related administrators; graduate students, and others interested in graduate education are welcome.
Pre-meeting workshops and the CGS opening reception kick off the meeting on December 6. The meeting continues December 7 – 9 with plenary sessions, concurrent sessions, the annual awards ceremony luncheon and an evening reception at the National Museum of the American Indian. The exhibit hall will feature coffee and snack breaks, December 7 – 8.
The CGS Summer Workshop and New Deans Institute was held July 8-12, 2023 in Denver. Meeting participants explored varied and important issues in graduate education. New and returning participants—graduate deans; associate and assistant deans; faculty and staff from colleges/universities; and association, federal and state agency, and other education-related administrators—enjoyed a unique forum where they met leaders in their field and exchanged ideas and information.
Selected PowerPoint presentations from the 2023 Summer Workshop and New Deans Institute are below. Presentations are in chronological order by each category. Presentations are offered as Adobe Acrobat PDF files.
Final Program
New Deans Institute Presentations
Saturday, July 8
Managing Budgets: Planning, Prioritizing, and Allocating
April Boulton and Michael Cunningham
Managing Operations: Time, Staff and Partnerships
Daniel Kleinman and Chevelle Newsome
Managing Enrollment: Recruitment, Admissions, and Funding
James Antony and Andrea Golato
Advocacy 101
Douglas Woods, Cari Moorhead, and David Daleke
Summer Workshop Presentations
Sunday, July 9
Plenary I: Preparing Graduate Students to Address Bias in Data Science
Susan Brennan
Concurrent Dean’s Dialogues
To Stack or Not to Stack?: Examining The Relationship Between Microcredentials and The Master’s Degree
Julie Masterson and Wojtek ChodzkoZajko
Monday, July 10
Breakfast: Sponsored by Proquest (Part Of Clarivate)
Predicting Usage of Dissertations and Theses Across The Globe: An Inferential
Analysis of Proquest Data
Gilia Smith
Concurrent Dean’s Toolboxes
Nurturing and Engaging Prospective Graduate Students In Today’s Digital Society
Andrew Goodliffe
Achieving Graduate Enrollment Goals Through Smart Program Design – Sponsored by EAB
Beth Donaldson and Mark Garrison
Best Practices In International Recruitment: Low Cost/No Cost and Effective
Mark Riley
Preparing Humanities Doctoral Students for Diverse Careers
Mary Farmer-Kaiser
Tuesday, July 11
Breakfast: Sponsored by ETS
Evolving Assessment to Meet Higher Education Needs
Katie Pedley
Concurrent Technical Workshops
Successful Fundraising and Development Strategies for Graduate Education
Clay Gloster, Peter Harries, and Elizabeth Wentz
Wednesday, July 12
Breakfast: Sponsored by Wiley University Services
Online Graduate Students: Understanding Key Trends and Preferences
Krysia Lazarewicz
Technical Workshop
Current and Future Impact of ChatGPT on Graduate Education
Betsy Barre and Boris Steipe
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New Deans Institute
July 8, 2023
Summer Workshop
July 9-12, 2023
Location
Westin Denver Downtown
Denver, Colorado
CGS invites graduate deans, associate and assistant deans, and other faculty and staff from colleges, universities, and associations to network with their colleagues in the vibrant city of Denver.
The CGS Summer Workshop for Graduate Deans offers participants a fresh focus on hot topics that affect every facet of graduate education. Complementing the Workshop is the New Deans Institute, a program tailored to orient new deans and to integrate the Workshop experience. The CGS Board of Directors, staff, and other specialists serve as core faculty for both the New Deans Institute and Summer Workshop.
CGS welcomes you to this unique opportunity to share knowledge and work on issues facing graduate education.
The CGS Annual Meeting was held December 1-4, 2021 in New Orleans. The 300+ attendees enjoyed a safe, productive, engaging, and thought provoking event. Annual meeting participants explored a variety of important issues in graduate education with topics ranging from mentoring to articulating the value of formal degrees to reinventing graduate STEM education.
Selected PowerPoint presentations from the 2021 CGS 61st Annual Meeting are below. Presentations are in chronological order by each category. Presentations are offered as Adobe Acrobat PDF files.
Pre-Meeting Workshop Presentations
Mentoring To Support Diverse Students and Careers
William Karpus, Ambika Mathur, and Paula McClain
Improving Marketing and Recruitment Strategies For Master’s Programs
Brian Carolan, Andrea Golato, and Ranjit Koodali
Data and Evidence Inspired Approaches Toward Graduate Student Well-being
Karen Butler-Purry, Elizabeth Klonoff, and Robin Yates
ProQuest Breakfast
Big Questions, Big Data and ProQuest Dissertations And Theses
Jason Owen-Smith and Gilia Smith
IELTS USA Breakfast
The Challenges of International Teaching Assistants and How to Support Their Transition into the Classroom
Kayla Landers, Marianne Menius, and Misty Wilson
Concurrent Sessions Presentations
More Than The Sum of Their Parts?: Articulating The Value of Formal Degrees
Bonnie Ferri, Clay Gloster, and Douglas Woods
Creating a Graduate Enrollment Ecosystem: Attracting, Engaging, and Retaining Your Best-Fit Applicants – Sponsored by Liaison International
Jillian Baer, David Daleke, and Algerian Hart
Mentoring Master’s Students
Reginald Ellis, Jennifer Roberts, and Jerry Weinberg
Integrating Networking Skills Into Humanities Phd Programs
Amanda Bryant Friedrich, Robin Garrell, and Thomas Jeitschko
Bridging The Gap: Deferrals, Leaves, and Skipped Cohorts
Scott Adler, Susan Ettner, and Mary Jo Finney
STEAM and The Future of Interdisciplinary Research: Engine of Innovation or a Bunch of Hot Air?
James Antony, Natasha Croom, and Elizabeth Wentz
An Outcome-Based Proposal for the Future of the Phd: We’re All In This Together
NAGS organized session
Gina Beltrán and Bradley Nelson
Building A New Future for Virtual Academic Support and Professional Development for Graduate Students: Investigating A Consortium Model
E. Alana James, Scott Lanyon, Sarah Larsen, and Joseph Oppong
Reinventing Graduate STEM Education
Karen S. Coats, Peter J. Harries, Nirmala Kannankutty, and Kim LaScola Needy
Seeing the Future We Used to See Here: Compassion and Commitment to International Students
Angela Pool-Funai, M.J.T. Smith, and Melissa Sturge-Apple
Understanding Challenges and Impacts of Caregiving: Supporting Students at a Time of Transition
Susan Carvalho, Preselfannie McDaniels, and Michael Solomon
Are My Professional Graduate Programs Financially Sustainable? A DIY Guide for Deans MAGS organized session
Ricky Hull and Jennifer Ziegler
Understanding The Graduate Student Mindset: Insights From a New Survey of 2,000+ Prospective Graduate Students – Sponsored by EAB
Will Lamb and Ashley Walker Colquitt
Lightning Round Sessions
Student-Centered Language Assessment: Lowering Barriers and Increasing Opportunities – Sponsored by Duolingo English Test
State of the Education Market: Trends and Insights in Key Master’s Disciplines – Sponsored by Wiley Education Services
The CGS Annual Meeting was held December 7-10, 2022, in San Francisco. The 500+ attendees enjoyed a safe, productive, engaging, and thought-provoking event. Annual meeting participants explored a variety of important issues in graduate education with topics ranging from mentoring to the new face of student affairs to community engagement.
Selected PowerPoint presentations from the 2022 CGS 62nd Annual Meeting are below. Presentations are in chronological order by each category. Presentations are offered as Adobe Acrobat PDF files.
Pre-Meeting Workshop Presentations
Making The Case For Centralized Support Of Graduate Education
William Ahern, Lisa Boehm, Laurence Bray and William Karpus
Making the Case – Handout
New Models Of International Recruitment And Student Support
Mary Carrington, Jean-Pierre Delplanque, Michael Lazzara, and Curt Rom
Mentoring To Support Diverse Students and Careers
David Daleke and Debra Jackson
Reducing The Cost Of A Graduate Degree: Strategies To Support Student Progress And Completion
Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko, Mark Garrison, and Elizabeth Wentz
Review Of Graduate Programs Master’s and Doctoral
Peter Harries, and Joy Williamson-Lott
Fundraising As a Critical Instrument For Improving
John Lofthus
ProQuest, Part of Clarivate Breakfast
The Graduate Student Perspective: Approaches To Text And Data Mining
ProQuest Text and Data Mining
Concurrent Sessions – Thursday, December 8
Stewards of Place: Regional Comprehensive Universities and Their Importance To State and Local Communities
Kristen Eichhorn, Brian Kloeppel, and Chevelle Newsome
Beyond Grant Writing: Preparing Humanities Phd’s To Navigate The World Of Sponsored Projects
Emily Barman, Stephen Crites, and Gillian Hayes
Addressing Enrollment Staffing Challenges – Sponsored by EAB
Beth Donaldson, Chad Eickhoff, and Maribeth Watwood
Creating Community and Program Inclusivity and Support
NAGS organized session
Barbara Knuth, Dovev Levine, and Alexandra Padilla
The New Face of Student Affairs in Graduate School
Susan Carvalho, Bonnie Ferri, and Chris Nelson
Teaching The World Mentoring in A Global Context
Hans-Joachim Bungartz, Graham Hammill, and Adham Ramadan
Technology and Tools in Graduate Enrollment Management – Sponsored by Liaison International
Stephen Taylor and Julie Masterson
Empowering Universities’ Master’s and Doctoral Students for Tomorrow: The Humanities Without Walls Consortium and New Pathways for Graduate Training
MAGS Organized Session
Nusaiba Chowdhury, Christine Getz, Margaret Nettesheim, and Douglas Woods
ETS Breakfast – Friday, December
Through The Learner Lens Building A Graduate Community
Jack Klett, John Augusto, Julie J. Masterson, and Chevelle Newsome
Plenary IV – Friday, December 9
Ethical Leadership for Graduate Deans
C.K. Gunsalus
Concurrent Sessions – Friday, December 9
New Models for Graduate Education Collaborations With/And in Africa
H. Dele Davies, Mark Garrison, and June-Rose Ngcobo
Making An Impact: Rethinking PhD Training Through Community Engagement
Joshua Barker, Fahim Quadir, and Janet Rutledge
Voice of the Online Graduate Learner – Sponsored By Wiley University Services
David Capranos and Roxanne Gonzales
A Place To Be: A Focus on Gender and Sexual Identity
William Graves, Jeni Hart, and Cari Moorhead
Contemporary Approaches to Master’s Admissions
Philip Anloague, Kellie Cude, and Jennifer Roberts
Creating a Transparent Student Experience: Best Practices to Improve Graduate Student Success – Sponsored By Cayuse
Jason Porter and Noelle Selkow
Lightning Round Sessions – Friday, December 9
Skills and Training: Helping Researchers Develop The Confidence To Achieve Their Full Potential – Sponsored by Nature Portfolio
Gaynor Roberts and Nicole Skinner
Recruit, Empower, and Celebrate Student Success – Sponsored by Academic Analytics
Kathy Felts, Jeni Hart, and Jill Huerta
Harnessing Video to Improve Opportunity, Fairness, And Success – Sponsored by Collegenet
Mark Bridges and Bruce Sylva
Plenary V
Purpose and Resilience in Graduate Education: What Matters Most and How to Make it Happen
Christine Whelan
The CGS Summer Workshop and New Deans Institute was held July 9-13, 2022 in Minneapolis. Meeting participants explored varied and important issues in graduate education. New and returning participants—graduate deans; associate and assistant deans; faculty and staff from colleges/universities; association, federal and state agency, and other education-related administrators; and others interested in graduate education—enjoyed a unique forum where they met leaders in their field and exchanged ideas and information.
Selected PowerPoint presentations from the 2022 Summer Workshop and New Deans Institute are below. Presentations are in chronological order by each category. Presentations are offered as Adobe Acrobat PDF files.
Final Program
New Deans Institute Presentations
Session I: Managing Budgets: Planning, Prioritizing, and Allocating
H. Dele Davies and Julie Coonrod
Session II: Managing Operations: Time, Staff, And Partnerships
Chevelle Newsome and Kevin Williams
Session III: Managing Enrollment: Recruitment, Admissions, and Funding
Graham Hammill and Sarah Larsen
Session IV: Advocacy 101
Jeni Hart and Mark Sheridan
Summer Workshop Presentations
Plenary I:
Universities As Catalysts For Equity and Social Justice
Scott Lanyon, Heidi Lasley Barajas, Karen Hanson, and Rhonda Jones-Webb
Breakfast: Sponsored by ProQuest
The New Proquest (As Part Of Clarivate): Accelerating Discovery Through Dissertation Citation Networks
Gilia Smith
Concurrent Dean’s Toolboxes
If You Build It, Will They Come?: Improving Graduate Student Participation In Campus Professional Development
Jennifer Teitle
Designing Graduate Programs To Stand Out In A Crowded Market Sponsored by EAB
Savon Sampson and Steve Tello
Leveraging Technology to Promote Access and Support Student Success
Julie Masterson
Breakfast: Sponsored by ETS
A New Age of Learner Empowerment
Ann-Marie Stephenson
Concurrent Technical Workshops
Developing A Winning ETS/CGS Award Proposal: Advice from Past Awardees and Reviewers
Michael Cunningham, Ashby Kinch, and Cari Moorhead
Technical Workshop
Strategic Planning at Critical Junctures
April Boulton, Wojtek ChodzkoZajko, and Robert Wojtowicz