Strategic Plan

Goals

• Promote Graduate Education Excellence

  OBJECTIVES	PROGRESS
  Advance graduate education quality by identifying and modifying any problem areas, clarifying ambiguity, promoting consistency, and encouraging fairness
  Extend efforts to compile and provide outward-facing, value-driven graduate education-related data beneficial for decision making	Annual Program Report Cards are available that include funding information and career placement
  Expand efforts to enhance quality advising and mentoring	One cohort of faculty and postdocs (16) trained in Fall24/Winter25, and another cohort of faculty graduate advisors (7) will be certified Spring 25 Online orientation now available
  Evaluate and enhance internal administrative Graduate Division operations and process efforts

• Promote and Embrace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Graduate Education

  OBJECTIVES	PROGRESS
  Evaluate funding efficacy for underserved populations	GradSlam awards covered for the next two years through one gift Dissertation Completion Fellowships and Community Engagement Fellowships
  Explore continued funding initiatives to support the implementation of enhanced recruitment initiatives	320 applications from Open House attendees
  Coordinate and enhance programming to better support diverse students, domestic and international
  Create an alumni community and support structure that reflects the diverse nature of UCR’s educational and professional environments

• Advance Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellows Professional Career

  OBJECTIVES	PROGRESS
  Coordinate and enhance opportunities to assist students and fellows in developing professional skills
  Serve as a central resource for career development opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows
  Strengthen offerings to prepare graduate student teaching assistants and graduate students with an interest in pedagogy	4 micro credentials launched (Teaching Assistant Development Program, Graduate Writing Center, GradQuant) - over 50 badges awarded

• Promote Interdisciplinary Opportunities in Graduate Education

  OBJECTIVE	PROGRESS
  Identify opportunities to better enable Interdisciplinary Graduate Degree Programs and academic colleges to work together.

• Invest in the Success of the People who Work in the Graduate Division

  OBJECTIVE	PROGRESS
  Address Staffing Levels, Staff Flexibility, Staff Safety, and Professional Growth