Completion Project News Archives

Participating Institutions

Ph.D. Completion Project announced by Research and Project Partners:

February 20, 2006: Journeys in Graduate Study: Exploring Ways to Improve the Graduate Student Experience - A symposium for graduate faculty, students, and alumni at the University of Illinois — Urbana Champaign, February 20, 2006. More information.

January 23, 2006: UC Performance Measures Reveal Timely Graduation Rates, Effective Technology Transfer (SSTI Weekly Digest)

January 20, 2006 - Grad students receive $100,000, Council of Graduate Schools grants Notre Dame research money (University of Notre Dame)

July 2005 - UNC-Chapel Hill named as partner in Ph.D. completion project (UNC-Chapel Hill)

Spring 2005 - The Lost Ones: Tracking those who Left UCLA Can Help Others Stay (University of California - Los Angeles)

Winter 2005 - Council of Graduate Schools Announces MU as a Partner University for the Ph.D. Completion Project (University of Missouri - Columbia)

February 10, 2005 - Graduate School Kicks Off New Ph.D. Retention and Attrition Efforts with Luncheon and Charge from Provost Richard English (Howard University)

January 28, 2005 - Graduate School Selected as Research Partner in $2.6 Million Ph.D. Completion Project (Howard University)

January 20, 2005 - Graduate dropout problems increase: Project plan calls to increase retention (Louisiana State University)

January 14, 2005 - With grant, Yale to develop new
programs to retain doctoral students (Yale University)

January 11, 2005 - U of L increases value of Ph.D., mentoring expands: Low attrition rates spur program revitalization (University of Louisville)

December 9, 2004 - Study delves into Ph.D. completion rates (Arizona State University)