By Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed
Concerned about the quality of graduate student advising, Stanford professors approve changes to advising requirements and guidelines. In changes aimed at improving the quality of graduate student advising, Stanford University’s Faculty Senate last week voted to require departments to spell out advising expectations for both professors and students. The body also voted to limit who can serve as a principal dissertation adviser for Ph.D. candidates to current Stanford professors who are active members of the campus’s Academic Council.
Advising remains a key area of concern for Stanford’s 9,400 graduate students, as revealed during a recent planning process for graduate education and four years of student exit survey data, Patricia J. Gumport, vice provost for graduate education, told the Senate at its meeting Thursday.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/04/16/stanford-seeks-improve-graduate-student-advising
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