Input on Council of Graduate School’s April 15 Resolution (Resolution Regarding Graduate Scholars, Fellows, Trainees and Assistants)

Feedback Requested by May 7, 2018 to Dean Shanklin

The Council of Graduate School Board of Directors is requesting input from graduate deans on the April 15th Resolution. As you are aware the Resolution gives prospective master’s and doctoral students until April 15th to respond to offers of financial support and allow them time to choose the graduate program that best suits their overall career goals. The Resolution does not apply to admissions offers that do not include financial support or to prospective students in professional degree programs (Medicine, Law, Dentistry, etc) and applies only to Fall semester admissions.

I would sincerely appreciate your input and that of your graduate faculty on the following questions that I am to respond and any additional input or suggestions you may have regarding the Resolution. Please provide me your feedback by Monday, May 7th.  

1-	On balance, is the Resolution an effective too for managing offers of financial support?
______Yes		_____ No

Comments:

2-	Is April 15 the best cut-off date for prospective students to respond to offers of financial support?
______Yes		_____No

Comments:

3-	 In the past 12 months, did your graduate program receive complaints from students or faculty about violation of the April 15th resolution?
_____Yes      How many ______________	No_____

4-	From your experience, does the Resolution impact offers to prospective international students differently from prospect domestic students.   
_____No

_____Yes, explain how.

5-	Please share any other feedback you or your faculty would like to share about the April 15th Resolution.

Thank you for your feedback.