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Graduate College Administration

The Graduate Council represents the graduate faculty and is charged with making recommendations to the Academic Senate concerning degrees, programs, standards, and policies of the College of Graduate Studies. The Dean of the College of Graduate Studies is the agent of the graduate faculty for the implementation and enforcement of college policies for both on and off-campus graduate programs.

The Graduate Council is a committee of the Academic Senate, charged to serve as the advisory and policy-making body for the College of Graduate Studies. The Council is concerned with the development and evaluation of all programs and policies pertaining to the operation of the College of Graduate Studies and the quality of graduate education both on and off campus. The Graduate Council makes recommendations to the Academic Senate in the following areas: new programs, program additions, modifications, consolidations, and deletions; minimum graduation requirements and approved department requirements for graduate programs; College of Graduate Studies’ admission and dismissal policies and approved departmental policies; and policies and regulations for the College of Graduate Studies. Among its responsibilities, the Graduate Council is expected to: establish the guidelines for advising graduate students, establish guidelines for the Graduate Research Fellowship Program; and evaluate courses numbered 500 and above.

Faculty serving on the Graduate Council must be members of the Graduate Faculty. Nominations for the Graduate Council are forwarded to the Academic Senate from the Committee on Committees. The Council includes one faculty from each of the following: the College of Business Administration, the College of Education and Human Services, the College of Communication & Fine Arts, the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions, the College of Humanities and Social & Behavioral Sciences, and the College of Science and Technology. There are also five graduate faculty at large and two graduate students on the Graduate Council. Faculty members serve three-year staggered terms, and graduate students serve one-year terms. A representative of ProfEd (CMU Off-Campus Programs) serves as an ex-officio member without vote. The Dean of the College of Graduate Studies is an ex officio member of the Graduate Council. In the absence of the dean, the associate dean represents the College of Graduate Studies in Council meetings, with full voting privileges; the Associate Dean of the College of Graduate Studies may also attend other meetings of the Graduate Council. Information regarding the current membership of the Graduate Council and the names of its officers is available from the College of Graduate Studies (989-774-GRAD) or the Academic Senate Office (989-774-3350).

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