The School of Graduate Studies Workgroup has completed first drafts of five of the seven sections in its charge. In addition, it launched a survey on March 12th of Evergreen graduate students to help identify student issues the workgroup may have overlooked in its work. We will prompt the survey populations with a reminder email and ask for responses by Sunday, March 28. The survey asks respondents about their experiences with 1) the Graduate Admissions process, 2) the time between admission and enrollment, and (for current students) 3) their experiences with various support structures and advising in our programs.
We are in the process of revising the draft sections that have been completed and we plan to meet the week of April 12th to review survey results and the revised draft and to begin work on the budget and timeline sections for the proposal. After this process, we plan to consider ways to use existing information, and seek new information, from additional Evergreen stakeholders (especially staff, graduate, and undergraduate faculty) and external collaborators and partners.