Many graduate programs were designed for academic career pathways that no longer reflect the realities or aspirations of today’s students. As part of its NSF Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) project, the University of Pittsburgh developed and tested a personalized model that helps programs realign with students’ diverse career intentions, supported by a Faculty Learning Community (FLC), a shared Body of Knowledge (BoK), a robust institutional scaffolding framework, and professional development streams.

This webinar introduces this model for graduate deans, associate deans, and graduate directors who are positioned to drive program transformation. Participants will learn about their role as enablers of change, reflect on the current status of their unit in the change process, identify common barriers to reform, and be introduced to tools to achieve sustainable innovations in graduate education.

Janis Bush, PI, University of Texas at San Antonio

Eric Vance, PI, University of Colorado Boulder

Diana Nicholas, CoPI, Drexel University

Himanshu Jain, PI, Lehigh University

Rose Marie Ward, PI, University of Cincinnati (previously Miami University)

Corrie Kuniyoshi, PI, American Chemical Society
Joerg Schlatterer, CoPI, American Chemical Society

Gundula Bosch, PI, Johns Hopkins University