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The constitution of the Graduate School charges its Executive Committee with responsibility for considering proposals for changes in the administration of the Graduate School and continually reviewing the effectiveness of its structure and performance in discharging its missions.
In keeping with its constitutionally mandated responsibilities, the Graduate School Executive Committee has completed deliberations on the Draft Report of the Committee on Graduate Education, "Recommendations on the Oversight and Support of Graduate Education at the University of Minnesota," released for public comment on April 24.
The Executive Committee concluded that a free-standing Graduate School should continue as an academic unit with a constitution and shared governance. The committee approved 12 key resolutions related to the future of graduate education at University of Minnesota, with additional comments that specifically address the 15 key findings of the Committee on Graduate Education.
Read the Executive Committee's response
See the full text of the Graduate School Executive Committee Response.
To clearly understand the Executive Committee’s recommendations, see the Draft Recommendations of the Committee on Graduate Education.
Submit your comments by May 24
May 24 is the closing date of the public comment period on the Draft Recommendations of the Committee on Graduate Education. Whatever your views on plans for reorganizing graduate education, the Graduate School Executive Committee encourages faculty, staff, and students to submit your comments before the deadline so your voices can be heard. Address your comments to the Committee on Graduate Education at gradcmte@umn.edu, which has been charged with responsibility for compiling and forwarding verbatim all comments it receives to the Provost (provost@umn.edu) and President (upres@umn.edu).
If you would like to put your comments on record with the Graduate School, you can send them also to gsdgs@umn.edu.
For more information
See information about the Graduate School's governance and Executive Committee.
See also Restructuring the Oversight and Support of Graduate Education to Enhance Excellence and the Provost's Academic Update (April 24).
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