Program areas at Council of Graduate Schools
Grants: the Council of Graduate Schools (cgs) uses grant funding to support a range of initiatives intended to advance Graduate education such as those intended to promote Graduate student success, advance financial education, leverage international experiences, promote diversity and inclusion, and better understand the impact of Graduate education on the workforce.
Member services: leading effort to reach out to a growing number and different types of Graduate Schools for membership to provide relevant support and fulfill the needs of a dynamic and ever changing membership.
Meetings and workshops - cgs holds an annual meeting in december where participants explore important and current issues in Graduate education. The meeting also provides opportunities for Graduate leaders to exchange ideas and information. Graduate deans, associate and assistant deans, faculty and staff from colleges and universities, association, federal and state agencies, and other education related administrators, Graduate students, and others interested in Graduate education are invited. Pre-meeting workshops and plenary sessions, concurrent sessions, annual awards ceremony, and the lapidus luncheon lecture coomprise the annual meeting. Exhibits also are available to meeting attendees. Cgs conducts a summer workshop for Graduate deans with 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 integrate the workshop experience. Cgs invites Graduate deans, associate and assistant dans, and other faculty and staff from colleges, universities and associations to network with their colleagues. The cgs board of directors, staff and other specialists servce as core faculty for the new deans institute and summer workshop. The summer workshop program includes informative plenary sessions, dean dialogues and hot topic sessions along with many opportunities for networking and interactive discussions on the issues most pressing to the Graduate education community.