• Revised Policies and Procedures Manual Now Available
• Preparing Future Faculty Courses Available
• Professional Development Workshops for Graduate Students
• Business Week Names Krannert MBA Nation's Most Improved
• New TOEFL Test for September 2005
• Faculty Graduate Council Approves New Courses, Programs, and Degrees
• Important Dates

Revised Policies and Procedures Manual Now Available

After a campus-wide review of more than 17 months, the Graduate School’s Policies and Procedures for Administering Graduate Programs has been revised and is now available at:
http://www.gradschool.purdue.edu/downloads/facstaff/2004PP.pdf

For a summary of the most significant changes, see Summary of Changes Made in the Revised Policies and Procedures Manual for Administering Graduate Student Programs.

Section XI will be revised after the Graduate Council’s Taskforce on Intercampus Programs issues it report.

The new manual is more user friendly. It contains many more live links that enable users to navigate easily back and forth in the document.

Preparing Future Faculty Courses Available

Are you interested in a career in academia? The Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program invites graduate students who aspire to careers in academia to apply for a Preparing Future Faculty Fellowship. The purpose of this program is to introduce students to the roles and responsibilities of faculty members at different types of higher education institutions.

Two graduate level courses of two credit hours each, GRAD 590B Preparing Future Faculty I- Exploring faculty careers and GRAD 590C Preparing Future Faculty II- Professional experience, are offered to graduate students in all disciplines. PFF is a national initiative established in 1993 and is sponsored by both the Council of Graduate schools and the Association of American College and Universities with support from National Science Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and The Atlantic Philanthropies (see http://www.preparing-faculty.org).

Graduate students will engage in workshops, seminars, discussions, and readings as well as work with a teaching mentor faculty at one of the partner institutions. Transcript recognition, networking, mentoring and teaching experience, and access to wide information and support across campus during and after completion of the PFF will support career success.

This semester, graduate students in GRAD 590B have heard and questioned academicians such as Mauri Ditzler, dean of Wabash College, David Chattin, provost of St. Joseph’s College, David Bathe, Dean of Academic Affairs of IvyTech, Chris Ladisch, associate provost and professor of Consumer Science & Retailing, Margaret Rowe, vice provost of learning and Professor of English, Victor Lechtenberg, vice provost of engagement, and Peter Dunn, associate vice provost of research and director of University Research Administration & Compliance. The course is coordinated by Cynthia Lynch, director of Fellowships and Professional Development. For more information on the course, please visit: http://www.gradschool.purdue.edu/development/academic/preparing.cfm, or e-mail profdev@purdue.edu.

Professional Development Workshops for Graduate Students

The Graduate School serves to facilitate connecting graduate students with the many opportunities available to them at Purdue. There are many professional development opportunities for graduate students throughout each semester. Working with the Vice Provost for Research, the Center for Career Opportunities, the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, and PGSG, The Graduate School is constantly updating and expanding the workshops it offers to graduate students.

Several workshops are available for students in November including: Consulting: Succeeding in the Profession, Negotiating a Job Offer, and Interviewing Skills. For a list of scheduled events, including date, time, and entry information, please visit: https://ias.itap.purdue.edu/rgs/wgb_workshop.disp_online_workshop, or the professional development link on The Graduate School’s Web site.

You may still register for the following workshops:

Consulting: Succeeding in the Profession
Location: RAWL 1071
Date: November 03, 2004
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sponsored by Graduate School

Grant Writing Seminar
Location: TBA
Date: January 26, 2005
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Sponsored by Graduate School/Vice Provost for Research

Networking Skills
Location: STEW 310
Date: February 17, 2005
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Sponsored by Center for Career Opportunities

There is more to come, so please check the above URL for further details.

Business Week Names Krannert MBA Nation's Most Improved

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – With a five-spot jump, Purdue University's Krannert School of Management ranked No. 21 nationally and was named the most improved school in Business Week magazine's rankings of MBA programs released Thursday (Oct. 7).

Krannert rose to No. 21 from No. 26 in the 2002 Business Week survey. Krannert ranked eighth among public university MBA programs. The Krannert School was recently ranked by recruiters a No. 1 MBA program among 44 schools with a regional recruiting focus in The Wall Street Journal survey.

Read the full story

New TOEFL Test for September 2005

The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is changing. Beginning in September 2005, the new TOEFL test will assess listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills. Known as iBT (Internet-based test), the new instrument strives to reflect and mimic what happens in the classroom. It is expected that it will be administered 30 to 40 times per year throughout the world. Meanwhile, PBT and CBT (paper-based tests and computer-based tests) scores will continue to be valid for two years after they have been taken. International applicants who enter in 2006 and 2007 may present iBT, PBT or CBT scores, depending upon when they took the TOEFL.

The iBT score report will differ from PBT and CBT reports and new standards will need to be set. Watch for more information from the Graduate School. Meanwhile, information on the iBT may be found at http://www.ets.org/toefl/nextgen/

Faculty Graduate Council Approves New Courses, Programs, and Degrees

At its October 21 meeting the Graduate Council recommended for approval a proposal for a Master of Science Degree in Organizational Leadership and Supervision to be offered at the Fort Wayne campus, Masters and PhD Degree Programs in the Department of Engineering Education at West Lafayette, and a Master of Business Administration degree to be offered at Purdue North Central. The recommendations will be forward to the president, via the provost, for approval by the Board of Trustees, with final approval required by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.

The Council also approved a dual-title Ph.D. in Gerontology that couples disciplinary work in one of ten partnering graduate programs with research in gerontology.

The Graduate Council Task Force on Intercampus Graduate Program Administration recommended that the “steward department requirement for all ICHE-approved graduate programs in the system-wide Purdue Graduate School” be eliminated. The Council approved the recommendation which affects masters programs on the system campuses.

The Council also recommended that a new taskforce composed of school and college deans of graduate education with representation from the system graduate programs be formed to continue the review of graduate faculty certification.

The Council also approved 12 new courses. See the full listing.

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