Graduate Education

The Diversity Advisory Council (DAC) was formed in February 2015 by the President and Provost of the University of Chicago.

The University of Chicago conducted the Sexual Misconduct Survey: Attitudes, Knowledge and Experience, or the Spring 2015 Climate Survey, to examine the campus climate, with a particular focus on questions of sexual misconduct, including sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and sexual harassment.

This report from the Working Group for Graduate Student Life in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Divinity School contains recommendations for lasting institutional innovations that could benefit doctoral students at the University of Chicago who did not benefit from the Graduate Aid Initiative announced by President Zimmer in 2007.

A report from the Working Group for Graduate Student Life in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Divinity School summarizing the actions taken by administration to implement the recommendations from the original Working Group report. 

A communication from President Zimmer about the action steps taken to support graduate students. Central, the Divisions, and the Departments together committed approximately $4.9 million over five years in order to implement the actions suggestions in this report. 

A memo from Cathy J. Cohen, Deputy Provost for Graduate Education, announcing the temporary one-year suspension of the tuition increase while also convening a committee to examine the AR system as it currently operates. 

The interim report from The Provost's Committee on Graduate Student Teaching concerning the remuneration graduate students receive for their teaching activities. 

Memo from Deputy Provost for Graduate Education, Cathy J. Cohen, announcing an increase in the remuneration for graduate student teachers effect Autumn Quarter 2008. 

This report from the Provost's Committee on Advanced Residence reviews the current AR registration system, the annual increases in AR tuition, and the out-of-pocket contribution of students. It also considers how restructuring tuition rates might lessen the financial burden on students entering AR status, examines the relationship between the AR system and time-to-degree, and makes recommendations aimed at helping students complete their degrees in a reasonable length of time. 

Memo from the Subcommittee on Roles, Responsibilities, and the Monitoring of Teaching of the Committee on Graduate Student Teaching to Provost Rosenbaum with recommendations on work expectations for graduate student teachers and the nature of departmental grievance procedures.