Transforming the Graduate Student Experience

John N. Gardner is a cofounder and the executive chair of the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Higher Education and distinguished professor emeritus at the University of South Carolina. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books on higher education, including Launching the First-Year Experience Movement. Andrew K. Koch is the Chief Executive Officer of the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Higher Education. He is a coeditor of The Transfer Experience. April L. Perry is a professor of higher education at Western Carolina University. She is the coeditor of A Practitioner's Guide to Supporting Graduate and Professional Students.

Contents Foreword Introduction Part 1: The Graduate Student Experience in Context 1. The State of the Graduate Student Experience 2. The Great Unknown: What We Don't Know About Graduate Student Success 3. Holistic Support for Graduate Students: Leveraging Student Affairs Practices to Foster Development and Success Part 2: Cultivating Graduate Student Success 4. Learning to Learn in Graduate School 5. From Advising to Mentoring: Reconsidering Graduate Student Preparation 6. The Career Outcomes Sandwich: Putting Career Preparation at the Center of a Student-Centered Graduate Education 7. Designing Online Graduate Programs to Enhance Student Engagement 8. Expanding Graduate School Offerings Amidst a Panoply of Crises in Higher Education 9. Consequences of the Data Desert in Graduate Education 10. National Competitiveness in STEM Innovation Requires Inclusive Graduate Student Training 11. Graduate Students, Unions, and Collective Action 12. Professional Graduate Programs: Shifting to a Student-Centered Model Part 3: Innovations in Practice: Case Studies in Graduate Education 13. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: A Tool for Building a Graduate Student Success Model 14. GT6000: Providing a "First-Year Experience" for Graduate Students 15. Towards a Better Understanding of Graduate Students at Elon University: Helping More First-Generation Graduate Students Thrive 16. What Must Be Done: Supporting First-Generation Graduate Students 17. The Effect of Inclusive Teaching Practices on Retention and Satisfaction of Graduate Students seeking a Professional Master's Degree 18. Integrating Resources into the Graduate Curriculum 19. Modality Matters: The Online Graduate Student Experience Part 4: Creating the Future of the Graduate Student Experience 20. Graduate Education in 2035 and Beyond: Predictions, Hopes, and Also Fears 21. Conclusion: A Model for Advancing the GSE Movement on Campus 22. Afterword