GSG and University Reports

The following reports and documents, both from the University and the GSG, are listed to provide background into the various issues facing graduate students.

General/quality of life:

• Retail Services and Residential Study. This is based on a survey conducted in October, 2006 to gather information for the East Campus Redevelopment Initiative.
• Report: Task Force on Graduate Student Life (2005) Completed by the Division of Student Affairs on 2005. Housing information begins on page 20.
• Graduate Student Needs Assessment Survey. Completed in 2002 by the Coordinator of Graduate Student Involvement.
• DOTS Annual Reports
• Report: Presidential Task Force on Graduate Security
• 2001 Graduate Student Parking Preliminary Data Collection Proposal

Accreditation:

• Final report of the 2007 Middle States Accreditation Review.

Academic:

• 2007 annual report of the Graduate School. Includes demographic data on the graduate student population.
• 2005-06 Graduate School Annual Report
• Graduate Assistant Survey 2006 Report. Remember that survey you took back in spring of 2006? Results are here.
• PhD Completion Report, the result of the University's investigation into our low PhD completion rate. The Graduate School is now looking into implementing the report's recommendations. June 6, 2006.
• Annual report (2005) from the Graduate School on the graduate student population. Includes demographic data.
• Graduate School Review Report. Submitted by the Committee to Review the Graduate School, February 4, 2005.

Housing:

• Student Housing Market and Feasibility Study. The study, commissioned by UMCP in spring 2005, explored the demand for graduate housing, and also gauged unmet demand for undergraduate housing.
• Housing Needs of Graduate Students: Prepared for the Graduate School by the Urban Studies and Planning Program, March 2003.
• Report on Graduate Housing Services at Peer Institutions. Completed in 2003 by the Standing Committee on Graduate Student Housing.
• Benchmark Rents History at Graduate Gardens/Graduate Hills

Graduate Gardens/Graduate Hills/SMC information:

• 1994 Residential Operating Agreement for GH/GG

Ranking information:

• National rankings from Academic Analytics
• Academic Ranking of World Universities from the Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Other:

• GSG President's Senate presentation October, 2006: Graduate Student Issues