Graduate Education
Based on the URI Academic Plan 2010-2015, the following goals and strategies related to graduate education are recommended as the charge to a task force who will be advisory to the Dean of the Graduate School.
- Expand international/global programs
- Expand enrollment of international students
- Investigate joint - and dual-degree programs with other universities worldwide
- Increase the diversity of students and faculty
- Coordinate with the Graduate School’s Diversity Coordinator
- Recruit and retain a diverse student body and graduate faculty members
- Enhance research and innovation
- Increase outside support for the Graduate School
- Increase Graduate School’s grant support to faculty and students
- Increase the Graduate School’s support of interdisciplinary and experiential programs and research
- Create a mechanism for the graduate school to be the base for funded projects that link researchers across campus
- Explore methods for faculty and students to be aware of the research and teaching occurring outside their discipline
Meeting Minutes
Supporting Documents and Information
- Graduate Education Task Force Final Report
- JCAP Review on Graduate Education Task Force Final Report
Task Force Members
| Nasser Zawia, Chair | GradSchool | Biomedical Services (Graduate School) | nzawia@uri.edu |
| Candace Oviatt | GSO | Oceanography | |
| Cliff Katz | Vice Provost, Ac Fn & Ac Personal | ||
| Jennifer Specker | GSO | Oceanography | |
| Karen McCurdy | HSS | Human Development & Family Studies | |
| Lori Ciccomascolo | HSS | Kinesiology | |
| Marta Gomez-Chiarri | CELS | Fisheries, Animals, & Vet Science | |
| Ryan Trimm | A&S | English | |
| Sandra Ketrow | A&S | Communication Studies | |
| Sue Ellen Adams | GSLIS | Grad School of Lib & Info Studies | |
| Yeqiao Wang | CELS | Natural Resource Science | |
| Nancy Fey-Yensan | CELS | Dean |
