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

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

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.

AM 2022 Final Program

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

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

Technical Workshop

Strategic Planning at Critical Junctures
April Boulton, Wojtek ChodzkoZajko, and Robert Wojtowicz