First Annual Implementation Progress
Report
Progress on:
Progress on Objective 4
Expand and Improve Graduate
Education
Strategic Plan Goals 1,3,4,5
Raising graduate enrollment to 3,000 within 5 years
(See Tables OIS.11- OIS.17.)
-UMaine graduate enrollments have increased from 2,241 in Fall 2003 to
2,324 in Fall 2007 (Table
OIS.11)—2.29% in five years.
-There is variability among colleges in these trends (Table
OIS.11). For
example, NSFA generally has generally declined in graduate enrollments
over this time (from 399 to 357).
-Similarly, there is variability in this regard among departments within
colleges (Tables
OIS.12,
OIS.13,
OIS.14,
OIS.15,
OIS.16,
OIS.17).
-Based on these data alone, a target graduate enrollment of 3,000
students within five years would appear to be rather ambitious.
Additional info from College reports
-The Department of Communication and Journalism has begun marketing its
graduate program in a major professional journal. It developed an I.Ph.D.
based on new articulation agreements with English, History, and
Psychology.
-The Psychology Department has revamped its Psychological Sciences /
Experimental Psychology Ph.D. track, and begun publicizing it
nationally.
-The Music Department designed a new Master's-level concentration in
Collaborative Piano.
