Realizing the Vision:
Graduate and Research Initiatives
In April 2003, Vice President Huggett and Dean Karen Klomparens charged a task force of faculty from across the campus, chaired by Hans Kende, MSU Distinguished Faculty and member of the National Academy of Science, to assess and consider afresh the collective University commitment to mentoring of graduate students.
On February 2, 2004, the members of the University Graduate Council voted to fully endorse the principles and recommendations in the Research Mentoring Task Force Report. The Report and the additional UGC recommendations were passed by Faculty Council on March 30, 2004.
The Graduate School prepared the document for distribution as paper copies, as well as providing the document on their home page. Paper copies are available as the Research Integrity Newsletter for Spring 2004, http://grad.msu.edu/all/ris04.pdf, or by request to the Graduate School.
The Research Mentoring Task Force Report is linked to the Graduate Handbook Project, and, in fact, is the major implementation activity for the Report.
Entry into graduate school can be a stressful experience as students are presented with a large and complicated amount of information. Therefore, each academic unit offering a graduate degree must develop a Graduate Handbook containing the essential features of this Graduate Handbook Template, as well as information particular to the respective academic unit and/or college. The Graduate Handbook will inform students on course and program requirements, on the timetable for the selection of a faculty advisor and the formation of a guidance committee, on examinations and graduation requirements and policy for dismissal as required by the Graduate Students Rights and Responsibilities ( http://www.vps.msu.edu/SpLife/default.pdf ) document.
By FALL 2005, ALL GRADUATE PROGRAMS WILL HAVE AN UPDATED GRADUATE HANDBOOK THAT CONTAINS THE MAJOR FEATURES OF THE RESEARCH MENTORING TASK FORCE REPORT.
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