Announcements and News Archive

CGS Enrollment Report
Category: faculty & staff

CGS's Graduate Enrollment and Degrees report for 2008 will be released on Wednesday, Sept. 16.  It is an annual comprehensive report on trends in applications, first-time and total enrollment, and degrees awarded, and presents the...

Use of NetId during the summer
Category: front page

To access University resources such as the library, students will need to register for Fall semester.

More information on NetId Policy.

Graduate Orientation
Category: front page

New graduate and professional students are invited to participate in Graduate Orientation on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 to learn about available UA resources, get tips on surviving graduate school and meet your new peers. For more information and to register visit the GPSC website.

Elimination of Provisional Admission
Category: faculty & staff

I would like to notify departments of a change in admit/registration types which will be implemented this month.  We will be eliminating the “Provisional” admit and registration types for all graduate students, while still allowing graduate programs to recommend the admission of students with deficiencies or subject to the...

US Department of Education data on Graduate and First-Professional Enrollment
Category: faculty & staff

In 1976, some 1.3 million students were enrolled in graduate programs: 715,000 males and 619,000 females. Graduate enrollment fluctuated between the mid-1970s and mid-1980s but increased between 1985 and 2007 to 2.3 million. For females, enrollment increased between the mid-1970s and 2007 to nearly 1.4 million, while for males, enrollment...

Ph.D. Completion Gaps
Category: faculty & staff

Significant gaps exist — by demographic groups and disciplines — in who finishes Ph.D. programs. Generally, foreign, male, and white students are more likely to earn their doctorates after 10 years than are their counterparts who are American, female or minority... more...

Tenth Annual Graduate and Professional Education Teaching and Mentoring Awards
Category: faculty & staff

The Graduate College is pleased to announce the recipients of the annual Graduate and Professional Education Teaching and Mentoring Awards.  The purpose of this prestigious award is to recognize teaching and mentoring excellence in graduate education. This is the tenth year of the award and the achievements of the nominees are very...