Theme

Graduate School in the Innovative University

Plenary Speakers

  • Cynthia Baum, President, Walden University
  • Scott Bass, Provost, American University
  • Debra Stewart, President, Council of Graduate Schools

Topics of concurrent sessions may include:

  • Changing student expectations inside and outside the classroom
  • Online and hybrid modes of delivery
  • Cooperative agreements among universities
  • Graduate student career outcomes and their assessment
  • Innovative master’s degree programs (or the role of traditional programs in the innovative university)
  • Non-research based degrees
  • Interdisciplinary education
  • Recruitment and admissions in a competitive context
  • Innovations in the master’s thesis and doctoral dissertation, including collaborative work and other aspects of form and content that challenge traditional assumptions