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Graduate School Constitution
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Central to the University of Minnesota's identity as a top
research university, the Graduate School provides leadership in promoting
the quality of graduate education throughout the University. The Graduate
School functions as an administrative and support unit for the majority
of graduate degree programs, including many professional degree programs
at the University. This unit adds value to the educational enterprise
by
- working with faculty in collegiate units across the University to
strengthen and assure the quality of graduate programs;
- promoting and supporting interdisciplinary scholarly activity;
- advocating quality in the graduate student experience;
- providing support for faculty development and scholarship; and
- envisioning and initiating change for the future.
The Graduate School encourages and supports both students and
faculty in disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, teaching, and
service activities that serve society and contribute to the knowledge
base of a broad range of fields of study, from the sciences, to the humanities,
to the arts, education, and business and technology.
The Constitution of the Graduate School provides a democratic
framework in which the roles of the dean, the graduate faculty (including
Directors of Graduate Studies and advisers), and graduate students are
defined with regard to the operation and governance of the Graduate School
and its programs. This Constitution is not part of the employment contract
between the University and its employees. It does not establish terms
and conditions of employment. The Graduate School and all of its participants
are expected to conduct graduate education in accord with principles embodied
in a bylaw that describes the mutual responsibilities in graduate education
at the University of Minnesota.
Bylaw 1: ["Mutual
Responsibilities in Graduate Education at the University of Minnesota,"
approved by the Graduate School Executive Committee 5/28/97 and amended
11/28/00.]
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